mote
A small particle; a speckA small particle; a speck.
» So mote it be.
Meaning
5 sensesA small particle; a speck.
Stäubchen
пыли́нкаpylínka, сори́нкаsorínka
порошинкаporošynka, пилинкаpylynka
A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.
(obsolete)A meeting for discussion.
a wardmote in the city of London
(obsolete)A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
a folk mote
(obsolete)A place of meeting for discussion.
- (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
Examples
4 sentencesSo mote it be.
One sees the mote in another's eye, but not the beam in his own eye.
So mote it be!
With appropriate laser light, we can see individual atoms with the naked eye the way we see dust motes in a sunbeam.
ruПри правильном лазерном свете мы можем видеть отдельные атомы невооруженным глазом, так же как мы видим частицы пыли в луче солнечного света.
deMit richtigem Laserlicht können wir einzelne Atome mit bloßem Auge sehen, genauso wie wir Staubkörner in einem Sonnenstrahl sehen.
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Origin
From Middle English mot, from Old English mot (“grain of sand; mote; atom”), from Proto-WeFrom Middle English mot, from Old English mot (“grain of sand; mote; atom”), from Proto-West Germanic *mot (“grain of dirt or sand, speck”). Perhaps linked to English mud.
See moot (“a meeting”).
Clipping of remote, with allusion to the other sense of mote (“a speck of dust”).
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