motif
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /moʊˈtiːf/
motif (plural motifs)
- A recurring or dominant element; a theme.
- See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?
- (music) A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.
- A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.
- (dressmaking) A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.
- (crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
- (chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
- (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.
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