Photograph vs Mosaic - What's the difference?
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A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
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To take a photograph of.
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To take photographs.
To appear in a photograph.
A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
(genetics) An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
(botany) A viral disease of plants.
A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.
(of an individual) Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.
As nouns the difference between photograph and mosaic
is that photograph is a picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, ccd receptor, etc while mosaic is a piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.As a verb photograph
is to take a photograph of.As a adjective mosaic is
(of an individual) containing cells of varying genetic constitution.photograph
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Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs , MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.}}
Derived terms
* photo * photographic * photography * photographerExternal links
* (wikipedia)Verb
(en verb)- He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.
- He is photographed on my mind.
- She photographs well. The camera ''loves'' her.