mote

mote
1. noun
a) A small particle; a speck.

"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 brothers eye." -Matthew 7:5.

b) A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.
2. verb
a) May or might.

So mote it be!

b) Must.

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