Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Law of Charles} (Physics), the law that the volume of a
      given mass of gas increases or decreases, by a definite
      fraction of its value for a given rise or fall of
      temperature; -- sometimes less correctly styled {Gay
      Lussac's law}, or {Dalton's law}.

   {Law of nations}. See {International law}, under
      {International}.

   {Law of nature}.
       (a) A broad generalization expressive of the constant
           action, or effect, of natural conditions; as, death
           is a law of nature; self-defense is a law of nature.
           See {Law}, 4.
       (b) A term denoting the standard, or system, of morality
           deducible from a study of the nature and natural
           relations of human beings independent of supernatural
           revelation or of municipal and social usages.

   {Law of the land}, due process of law; the general law of the
      land.

   {Laws of honor}. See under {Honor}.

   {Laws of motion} (Physics), three laws defined by Sir Isaac
      Newton: (1) Every body perseveres in its state of rest or
      of moving uniformly in a straight line, except so far as
      it is made to change that state by external force. (2)
      Change of motion is proportional to the impressed force,
      and takes place in the direction in which the force is
      impressed. (3) Reaction is always equal and opposite to
      action, that is to say, the actions of two bodies upon
      each other are always equal and in opposite directions.

   {Marine law}, or {Maritime law}, the law of the sea; a branch
      of the law merchant relating to the affairs of the sea,
      such as seamen, ships, shipping, navigation, and the like.
      --Bouvier.

   {Mariotte's law}. See {Boyle's law} (above).

   {Martial law}.See under {Martial}.

   {Military law}, a branch of the general municipal law,
      consisting of rules ordained for the government of the
      military force of a state in peace and war, and
      administered in courts martial. --Kent. Warren's
      Blackstone.

   {Moral law},the law of duty as regards what is right and
      wrong in the sight of God; specifically, the ten
      commandments given by Moses. See {Law}, 2.

   {Mosaic}, or {Ceremonial}, {law}. (Script.) See {Law}, 3.

   {Municipal}, or {Positive}, {law}, a rule prescribed by the
      supreme power of a state, declaring some right, enforcing
      some duty, or prohibiting some act; -- distinguished from
      international and constitutional law. See {Law}, 1.

   {Periodic law}. (Chem.) See under {Periodic}.

   {Roman law}, the system of principles and laws found in the
      codes and treatises of the lawmakers and jurists of
      ancient Rome, and incorporated more or less into the laws
      of the several European countries and colonies founded by
      them. See {Civil law} (above).

   {Statute law}, the law as stated in statutes or positive
      enactments of the legislative body.

   {Sumptuary law}. See under {Sumptuary}.

   {To go to law}, to seek a settlement of any matter by
      bringing it before the courts of law; to sue or prosecute
      some one.

   {To} {take, or have}, {the law of}, to bring the law to bear
      upon; as, to take the law of one's neighbor. --Addison.

   {Wager of law}. See under {Wager}.

   Syn: Justice; equity.

   Usage: {Law}, {Statute}, {Common law}, {Regulation}, {Edict},
          {Decree}. Law is generic, and, when used with
          reference to, or in connection with, the other words
          here considered, denotes whatever is commanded by one
          who has a right to require obedience. A statute is a
          particular law drawn out in form, and distinctly
          enacted and proclaimed. Common law is a rule of action
          founded on long usage and the decisions of courts of
          justice. A regulation is a limited and often,
          temporary law, intended to secure some particular end
          or object. An edict is a command or law issued by a
          sovereign, and is peculiar to a despotic government. A
          decree is a permanent order either of a court or of
          the executive government. See {Justice}.

Mosaic \Mo*sa"ic\, a. [From Moses.]
   Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or
   established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or
   institutions.

Mosaic \Mo*sa"ic\, n. [F. mosa["i]que; cf. Pr. mozaic, musec,
   Sp. & Pg. mosaico, It. mosaico, musaico, LGr. ?, ?, L.
   musivum; all fr. Gr. ? belonging to the Muses. See {Muse} the
   goddess.]
   1. (Fine Arts) A surface decoration made by inlaying in
      patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone,
      or other material; -- called also {mosaic work}.

   2. A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated
      in mosaic.

Mosaic \Mo*sa"ic\, a.
   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.

         A very beautiful mosaic pavement.        --Addison.

   {Florentine mosaic}. See under {Florentine}.

   {Mosaic gold}.
   (a) See {Ormolu}.
   (b) Stannic sulphide, {SnS2}, obtained as a yellow scaly
       crystalline powder, and used as a pigment in bronzing and
       gilding wood and metal work. It was called by the
       alchemists {aurum musivum}, or {aurum mosaicum}. Called
       also {bronze powder}.

   {Mosaic work}. See {Mosaic}, n.

Source : WordNet®

Mosaic
     adj 1: of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings attributed
            to him; "Mosaic Law"
     2: decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted
        together; "a mosaic floor"; "a tessellated pavement" [syn:
         {tessellated}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Mosaic
     
         {NCSA}'s {browser} ({client}) for the
        {World-Wide Web}.
     
        Mosaic has been described as "the killer application of the
        1990s" because it was the first program to provide a slick
        {multimedia} {graphical user interface} to the {Internet}'s
        burgeoning wealth of distributed information services
        (formerly mostly limited to {FTP} and {Gopher}) at a time when
        access to the {Internet} was expanding rapidly outside its
        previous domain of academia and large industrial research
        institutions.
     
        NCSA Mosaic was originally designed and programmed for the {X
        Window System} by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina at NCSA.
        Version 1.0 was released in April 1993, followed by two
        maintenance releases during summer 1993.  Version 2.0 was
        released in December 1993, along with version 1.0 releases for
        both the {Apple Macintosh} and {Microsoft Windows}.  An
        {Acorn Archimedes} port is underway (May 1994).
     
        Marc Andreessen, who created the NCSA Mosaic research
        prototype as an undergraduate student at the {University of
        Illinois} left to start {Mosaic Communications Corporation}
        along with five other former students and staff of the
        university who were instrumental in NCSA Mosaic's design and
        development.
     
        {(http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/Docs/help-about.html)}.
     
        {(ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/)}.
     
        E-mail:  (X version),
         (Macintosh), 
        (Windows version),  (general help).
     
        (1995-04-06)