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motif::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | motive |
| Type of | musical theme, idea, theme, melodic theme |
| Has types | obbligato, obligato |
Examples of motif
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A bronze bank door with a bee hive motif located on 85th and Third in Manhattan.
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The singer continued the nature-influenced motif with a headband of gold leaves.
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They all share with TTLL1 an additional homology motif, the extended TTL domain.
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This idea reflects a motif popular in the hagiography of the early 15th century.
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Swimming events have been selected as a main motif in numerous collectors'coins.
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Maybe this motif can be traced as far back as the processions of the Bronze Age.
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The nature of art is a motif in the novel and is often explored at great length.
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He also did many homes in the same motif, with the Dauchy house a prime example.
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It is fantastic how work crews do not fully detail an elaborate motif like this.
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- A design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
- A theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
- Theme: a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
- In algebraic geometry, a motive (or sometimes motif, following French usage) denotes 'some essential part of an algebraic variety'. To date, pure motives have been defined, while conjectural mixed motives have not. ...
- In chess composition, a motif is basic element of a move in the consideration why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfillment of a stipulation. Any move may and often does contain multiple motifs. ...
- In music, a motif or motive is a short musical idea, a salient recurring figure, musical fragment or succession of notes that has some special importance in or is characteristic of a composition. ...
- In narrative, a motif is any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story. Through its repetition, a motif can help produce other narrative (or literary) aspects such as theme or mood.n James H. Grayson. ...
- In computing, the Motif Window Manager (MWM) is an X window manager based on the Motif toolkit.
- In the textile arts, a motif (also called a block or square) is a smaller element in a much larger work. In knitting and crochet, motifs are made one at a time and joined together to create larger works such as afghan blankets or shawls. A good example of a motif is the granny square.
