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The Web browser available for Macintosh, Windows, and UNIX and responsible for the initial popular growth of the Web. Developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
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Mosaic is an early Web browser originally developed by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
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The first graphical browser for the world wide web, and the application which made the Internet accessible for the average user, rather than the exclusive domain of experts. Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer are both descended from the original Mosaic software.
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A graphical user interface to the WWW developed by NCSA.
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A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called also mosaic work.
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A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic.
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Something resembling a mosaic{1}; something made up of different pieces, fitted together by design to form a unified composition.
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Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions.
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Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients.
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It is a veneering that is usually irregular with no definite pattern. Almost all the stone used in a mosaic pattern is irregular in shape.
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Two or more vegetation descriptions present within a map unit. This is where the scale of mapping or the spatial patterns is too complex for each vegetation type to be mapped separately. ERIN
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The substitution of portions of a gene with sequences acquired from another site or another organism via genetic recombination. Comparative sequence analysis indicates that many genes are composed of a "patchwork" of sequences derived from multiple recombination events.
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In genetics, an animal that has more than one genetically-distinct populations of cells derived from a single zygote; as most commonly used, the different populations of cells have differing numbers of chromosomes.
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An individual who has some cells with an abnormal or unusual genetic or chromosomal makeup while the rest of the cells in the body have the usual genetic or chromosomal constitution. For example, a person who is mosaic for trisomy 21 would have some cells which have 47 chromosomes with an extra chromosome number 21 and other body cells which have the usual 46 chromosome complement. The number of cells with abnormal genetic or chromosomal content will determine the level of severity of the disorder.
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An organism that consists of cells of more than one genotype. The strict definition requires that the genotypically different cells all derive from a single zygote. The term mosaic is also used more broadly to describe any organism comprised of cells of different genotypes.
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an organism that contains cells of different genotypes
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Assemblage of overlapping aerial or space photographs or images whose edges have been matched to form a continuous pictoral representation of a portion of the earth surface.
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Composite made up from a patchwork of partly overlapping photographs.
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assembly of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
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a photographic reproduction of a series of aerial photographs put together in such a way that the detail of one photograph matches the detail of all adjacent photographs
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a whole image or map made from parts from more than one source.
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Result of assembling and matching adjacent images to form a larger continuous image or representation.
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a single image generated from a collection of adjacent images. The resulting mosaic covers the extents of the constituent images, but is usually at a lower resolution compared to the resolution of the individual images
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a series of images taken on a single plane
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(aka: Rose Mosaic Virus): A malady of roses whose symptoms include yellow veins or light ringspots in leaves. Research has demonstrated that mosaic can be transmitted only by the budding of infected stock and that there is little risk of transmitting it by pruning. Other problems, such a phytotoxicity or over watering are often mistaken for mosaic as they have similar symptoms.
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The mottled patchy pattern on leaves caused by a virus. The arrangement of leaves on the upper stem to avoid shading.
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A diseased condition where different portions of a leaf vary in amounts of chlorophyll, thus giving the leaf a mottled appearance; usually caused by viruses.[1] Fin. Swe.
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viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the leaves
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Areas with a variety of plant communities over a landscape, such as areas with trees and areas without trees occurring over a landscape. Natural fires are often described to burn in a "mosaic" pattern.
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A network of patches, corridors, and matrices in a landscape.
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patches of habitat within a larger landscape that are ecologically linked with one another.
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A method of patchy burning which creates areas of burnt and unburnt country across a landscape.
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a moustache made up of hairs of different colours.
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a puzzle game, with different playing modes and various skill levels
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a structure made up of many different parts
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A big image made by combining smaller images. For example, to get an image of a whole province in Canada, we must combine many images. This is tricky because the images were probably taken at different times and possibly in different seasons so they could look different in colour or brightness.
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The complex visual scene in the face-up gem. See also multicolor effect.
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an image constructed from all the frames of a scene sequence, that gives a panoramic view of the scene
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a panoramic view taken from a video of a scene
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See FPA - focal plane array. Narcissus Effect An optical phenomenon of scanning systems which describes how a detector can look back at itself or view a mixture of active scene and itself for certain angles of scan. The narcissus effect creates blurry cold areas on screen in an infrared system.
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