title: Mote
text: # Mote
  
  A mote is a small bit of substance, such as a fleck or particle.
  
  Mote may also refer to:
  
  ## Art and entertainment
  
  * The Motes, a Canadian indie-rock band active in the 1990s
  * "Mote", a song by Sonic Youth from their 1990 album Goo
  * "Mote", a song by The Faint on the 2001 vinyl EP recording Mote/Dust
  * Mote, a fairy character in A Midsummer Night's Dream
  * The Mote and the Beam, a parable
  * The Mote in God's Eye, a science fiction novel
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Mote (name) (including a list of people with the name)
  * Mote (food), various types of cooked grains consumed in South America
  * Mote con huesillo, a non-alcoholic drink from Chile
  * Mote spoon, a type of spoon used when preparing tea
  * Mote (sensor), a node in a wireless sensor network
  * Mote Park, a park in Maidstone, England
     * Mote Park (cricket ground), the home ground of The Mote Cricket Club within the park
  * Mote Marine Laboratory, a marine research organization in Sarasota, Florida, US
  