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 (art), a recurrent theme or pattern

In biochemistry:

• Sequence motif, a pattern in a DNA sequence.
• Structural motif, a pattern in a protein structure.
• 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.
• Motive Inc, a software company.
• Motif (widget toolkit), a graphical user interface toolkit used in software development
• Aston Motif, a range of character generators manufactured by Aston Broadcast Systems.
• In Rich Media Technology, DART Motif - [1]. Motif integrates the best of interactive design, ad serving and reporting into a sophisticated rich media solution

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