Mote vs Undefined - What's the difference?
mote | undefined |
A small particle; a speck.
*
A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.
* 1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.7:
(obsolete) Must.
* 1980 , (Erica Jong), Fanny :
(obsolete) A meeting for discussion.
(obsolete) A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
(obsolete) A place of meeting for discussion.
Lacking a definition or value.
(mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
As a noun mote
is thought, idea.As an adjective undefined is
lacking a definition or value.mote
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- 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.
See also
* floaterEtymology 2
From (etyl) moten, from (etyl) . Related to (l).Verb
(head)- he […] kept aloofe for dread to be descryde, / Untill fit time and place he mote' espy, / Where he ' mote worke him scath and villeny.
- ‘I shall not take Vengeance into my own Hands. The Goddess will do what She will.’ ‘So mote it be,’ said the Grandmaster.
Usage notes
* Generally takes an infinitive without to .Etymology 3
See .Noun
(en noun)- a wardmote in the city of London
- a folkmote
Derived terms
* mote bellAnagrams
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English
Adjective
(wikipedia undefined) (-)- The result of division by zero is undefined .