Motifs

Word MOTIFS
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Definitions and meanings of "Motifs"

What do we mean by motifs?

A recurring or dominant element; a theme.

A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.

A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.

A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.

The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.

A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.

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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The word "motifs" in example sentences

Certain motifs begin to gestate a picture in the mind as you gradually learn through half-remembered, diaphanous glimpses that Mars and the moon have been colonised; dispossessed astronauts wander the Earth; drugs are rampant; and technological virtuality is encoded into the very fabric of everyday life. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Both dies have identical Heraldic Eagle motifs from a hub punch that still existed after its earlier use for the silver dollars made in 1801, 1802, and 1803. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The realm-seam relationship as I'm positing it is an abstraction of some of Clute's motifs from the ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FANTASY, a paring away of some of the specificities and valuations. ❋ Hal Duncan (2008)

In the book Mažuranić created a series of new fairy-tales, but using names and motifs from the Slavic mythology of Croats. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When the institute was actually built, the façade was simpler with less ornamentation and pure lines, just a simple arch above the entrance and plain motifs above the windows. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Certain motifs that tie people together show up throughout the book. ❋ Unknown (2005)

For it cannot be doubted that certain motifs recur: a violence or catastrophe at the origin of signification; a text's constitutive openness to accident; a reader's consequent inability to weigh her ignorance, hold herself apart from the text, or avoid repeating its error. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Ingenious use of details and motifs from the Divine Comedy, and a lively picture of the literary culture of post-bellum New England, distinguish this juicy debut historical mystery. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Agnon is a realist, but there is always a mystical admixture which lends to even the greyest and most ordinary scenes a golden atmosphere of strange fairy-tale poetry, often reminiscent of Chagall's motifs from the world of the Old Testament. ❋ Unknown (1966)

Scriptural "motifs" -- Modern fakes -- Black silk and hair copies of engravings. ❋ Emily Leigh Lowes (N/A)

"for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people" ❋ Unknown (1966)

"profoundly distinctive narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people". ❋ Unknown (1966)

Whereas for Greenfield-Sanders the images are about a sense of purity and lack of contemporary logos on clothing, the way the figure operates in a forced space, and images that recall motifs from art history. ❋ Leanne Goebel (2011)

A high renaissance architectural setting almost can't contain the exaggerated mannerist movement, not only of both central figures but also of the other decorative figures and motifs, which is very much in tune with the powerful Italianate aesthetic of the time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, this particular post does feature one of my favorite motifs, which is the “moving and need to sell” element. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2008)

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