mote n : (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom, molecule, particle, corpuscle, speck]

English

Etymology 1

Unknown

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊt

Homophones

• moat

Noun

1. A small particle; a speck.

   "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." -Matthew 7:5.

2. A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.

Translations

Verb

mote

1. To embarrass or patronize either with or without malice, especially in a case of situational irony; short for demote

   "And as Elizabeth tripped Frank--causing him to drop his soda--Andrew, who was looking on happily, shouted, "Moted!""

Etymology 2

From Old English mOtan - to be allowed to

Verb

mote

1. must

   "So mote it be!"

See also

• floater

Norwegian

Noun

1. fashion

Spanish

Noun

1. nickname
2. fluff, pill
3. pearl barley
4. type of maize grain

Derived terms

• motudo
• mote de maíz
• mote de trigo

A mote is a very small particle. See:

• Dust
• Sand
• Sensor node — a communication device in a Wireless sensor network.
• Granular material

Mote is also a surname:

• Ashley Mote
• C. Daniel Mote, Jr.
• Edward Mote

Other uses of mote:

• Mote as in Mote con huesillo, a dessert from Chile.
• Mote as form of Moot as in Moot Hall or hill.
• Mote Marine Laboratory
• Mote, Ethiopia a town in Ethiopia.
• Mote (song) is a song by Sonic Youth, from their 1990 album Goo.
• Mote EP is an EP by The Faint.
• The Mote in God's Eye a sci-fi novel by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
  • Moties are a fictional species from The Mote in God's Eye
• "Mote" is a fairy character in William Shakespeare's play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

See also

• Mott

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