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Word: motif (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A decorative figure that is repeated in a design
  • A recurring or dominant element; a theme.
  • ''crystallography'': The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
  • music A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work

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