Motif
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A motif may be a recurring fragment, theme or pattern in a creative work:
- Motif (music), a perceivable or salient recurring fragment or succession of notes
- Motif (literature), any recurring element that has symbolic significance
- Motif (art), a repeated idea, pattern, image, or theme
A motif may also be a pattern in a biological or chemical structure:
- Sequence motif, a pattern in a DNA sequence.
- Structural motif, a pattern in a protein structure.
- A repeating pattern of elements in a crystal structure.
Motif may also refer to:
- Yamaha Motif, a music workstation
- Motif (widget toolkit), a graphical user interface toolkit used in software development
- An alternative spelling of "motive" in algebraic geometry
- A Thai rock band, circa 2000, with a late 1980's hard-rock style sometimes fused with folk, 50's doo-wop, and Isaan (Thai Country) influences. Their lyrics are Thai-language only.
- Aston Motif, a range of Character Generators manufactured by Aston Broadcast Systems Ltd.
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Motif" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motif, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
