Motif
Encyclopedia
Motif may refer to the following:
In creative work:
- Motif (music)Motif (music)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....
, a perceivable or salient recurring fragment or succession of notes - Motif (narrative)Motif (narrative)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 aspects such as theme or mood....
, any recurring element in a story that has symbolic significance - Motif (visual arts), a repeated theme or pattern
- Motif (textile arts)Motif (textile arts)In the textile arts, a motif 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.Motifs can be any size, but usually all...
, a recurring element or fragment that, when joined together, creates a larger work
In biochemistry:
- Sequence motifSequence motifIn genetics, a sequence motif is a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance...
, a sequence pattern of nucleotides in a DNA sequence or amino acids in a protein - Structural motifStructural motifIn a chain-like biological molecule, such as a protein or nucleic acid, a structural motif is a supersecondary structure, which appears also in a variety of other molecules...
, a pattern in a protein structure formed by the spatial arrangement of amino acids - Network motifNetwork motifNetwork motifs are connectivity-patterns that occur much more often than they do in random networks. Most networks studied in biology, ecology and other fields have been found to show a small set of network motifs; surprisingly, in most cases the networks seem to be largely composed of these...
, patterns (sub-graphs) that recur within a network much more often than expected at random
In computing:
- Motif (widget toolkit)Motif (widget toolkit)In computing, Motif refers to both a graphical user interface specification and the widget toolkit for building applications that follow that specification under the X Window System on Unix and other POSIX-compliant systems. It emerged in the 1980s as Unix workstations were on the rise, as a...
, a graphical user interface toolkit used in software development - Aston Motif, a range of character generators manufactured by Aston Broadcast SystemsAston Broadcast Systems- History :Following 15 years of employment with EMI Electronics, Sales Engineer Dennis Jones started up a company called D. N. Jones Electronics Ltd., selling electronic equipment. An ex-colleague then introduced him to a two-man firm in Aston, Birmingham, UK that manufactured digital Sync Pulse...
In other uses:
- Motif (chess composition)Motif (chess composition)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...
, an element of a move in the consideration of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfillment of the problem stipulation - Yamaha MotifYamaha MotifThe Yamaha Motif is a series of music workstations, first released by Yamaha Corporation in August 2001. Other workstations in the same class are the Korg Triton, Roland Fantom-G and Alesis Fusion.-Motif Classic:...
, a music workstation