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mote¹ Definition

mote (mōt)

noun

a speck of dust or other tiny particle

Etymology: ME < OE mot, akin to Du, sawdust, grit

mote² Definition

mote (mōt)

Archaic may; might

Etymology: ME moten < OE motan, akin to Ger müssen: basic sense “it is permitted”; must (OE moste) is the pt. of this v.

mote Synonyms

mote

n.

speck, scrap, crumb; see bit 1.

mote Telecom Definition

From Old English mot, and akin to Middle Dutch and Fris meaning sand or grit. 1. A speck of dust or other tiny particle. 2. In telecommunications, a wireless sensor so tiny as to compare to a speck of dust. About the size of a grain of sand, a mote comprises sensors, a processor, a bidirectional antenna, and a power supply.Also known as smart dust, future applications for motes are many.The military is developing motes that can be spread from the air to gather and transmit information about enemy troop movements. Civil engineers intend to embed motes in concrete to monitor and report on the condition of bridges and roadways. Spread around a warehouse housing weapons, financial records, or other sensitive materials, motes can be used to sense and report security violations.The ZigBee Alliance is involved in the development of standards for mote mesh networking. See also ZigBee and ZigBee Alliance.

mote Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • remove: You know the Biblical saying about first removing the mote from your own eye?
  • see: The Marxists see only the mote in the enemy's eye.
  • have: A brother who has a beam in his own eye should not be judging the brother who may have a mote in his eye.
  • take: The Lord tells you: take the mote out of your own eye first.
  • attach: Finish the scripts to push code to ( flash ) motes attached to a Soekris box over serial ports.
  • develop: Tiny OS is written is Nes C, a special programming language for motes developed at Berkely.

Adjective modifier

  • single: Look, is there room here for a single mote?
  • little: She threw my eggs in a bag, where they drooled a little mote.

Modifies a noun

hardware: Finish the TOS application to retrieve unique and general information from the mote hardware.

Noun used with modifier

  • dust: Dust motes swam alongside her down the gloomy corridor.
  • pro-: All this pro- motes the attitude that 1:1-7 does pot playa significant role in understanding Proverbs.
  • sensor: The sensors will eventually be integrated into a wireless sensor mote for use in monitoring the health of the London underground system.

Preposition: in

  • eye: Dust moved by soul; the mote in the eye, the scent in the air, the shriek in the playground.
  • sunbeam: Virtually their only mode of motion is in currents of air or water, like motes in a sunbeam.

Preposition: of

dust: The opening sequence, with its dancing motes of dust, is particularly eyecatching - emphasizing the ambiguity of that which is to follow.