Motive
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Motive or motif are terms that turn up in many different forms in literature and other creative works, as well as other fields such as business and law.
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 (visual arts), a recurrent theme or pattern.
- Motif (chess composition), a reason for that some move works or not in the solution of chess problem.
In biochemistry:
- Sequence motif, a sequence pattern of nucleotides in a DNA sequence or amino acids in a protein.
- Structural motif, a pattern in a protein structure formed by the spacial arrangement of amino acids.
- A repeating pattern of elements in a crystal structure.
A motive may relate to intent:
- Motive (law), in criminal law.
- Base motive, in psychology.
- Motive (algebraic geometry).
In music:
- Yamaha Motif, a music workstation.
- The Motive, a punk band.
- Motifband, an alternative rock band.
- Motif, a Thai rock band, circa 2000.
Others:
- In business, a thought pattern with feelings and values which leads to energised behaviour.
- Motif (widget toolkit), a graphical user interface toolkit used in software development
- Aston Motif, a range of character generators manufactured by Aston Broadcast Systems.
- Motive, Inc., a software manufacturer.
- Motives (film), a 2004 thriller starring Vivica A. Fox, Shemar Moore, Golden Brooks, Sean Blakemore and Keshia Knight Pulliam.
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