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method, manner; a way: a new mode of travel
Not to be confused with:mowed – past tense of mow: He mowed the lawn.

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M0361900 (mōd)n.1. a. A manner, way, or method of doing something, experiencing something, or acting: modern modes of travel; modes of consciousness; modes of affection. See Synonyms at method.b. A particular form or kind: The building has multiple modes of egress.c. A given condition of functioning; a status or operation: The spacecraft was in its recovery mode.2. The current or customary fashion or style: a hat in the latest mode.3. Music a. Any of certain fixed arrangements of the diatonic tones of an octave, as the major and minor scales of Western music.b. A patterned arrangement, as the one characteristic of the music of classical Greece or the medieval Christian Church.4. Philosophy The particular appearance, form, or manner in which an underlying substance, or a permanent aspect or attribute of it, is manifested.5. Logic a. See modality.b. The arrangement or order of the propositions in a syllogism according to both quality and quantity.6. Statistics The value or item occurring most frequently in a series of observations or statistical data.7. Mathematics The number or range of numbers in a set that occurs the most frequently.8. Geology The mineral composition of an igneous rock expressed in terms of percentage of the total sample weight or volume.9. Physics Any of numerous patterns of wave motion or vibration.10. Grammar Mood.

[Middle English, tune, from Latin modus, manner, tune. Sense 2, French, from Old French, fashion, manner, from Latin modus; see med- in Indo-European roots.]

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(məʊd) n1. a manner or way of doing, acting, or existing2. (Clothing & Fashion) the current fashion or style3. (Music, other) music a. any of the various scales of notes within one octave, esp any of the twelve natural diatonic scales taken in ascending order used in plainsong, folk song, and art music until 1600b. (in the music of classical Greece) any of the descending diatonic scales from which the liturgical modes evolvedc. either of the two main scale systems in music since 1600: major mode; minor mode. 4. (Logic) logic linguistics another name for modality³, mood²²5. (Linguistics) logic linguistics another name for modality³, mood²²6. (Philosophy) philosophy a complex combination of ideas the realization of which is not determined by the component ideas7. (Statistics) that one of a range of values that has the highest frequency as determined statistically. Compare mean³⁴, median⁶8. (Geological Science) the quantitative mineral composition of an igneous rock9. (General Physics) physics one of the possible configurations of a travelling or stationary wave10. (General Physics) physics one of the fundamental vibrations[C14: from Latin modus measure, manner]

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n. 1. a manner of acting or doing; method; way: modes of transportation. 2. a particular type or form of something: Heat is a mode of motion. 3. a designated condition or status, as for performing a task or responding to a problem: a machine in the automatic mode. 4. Philos. appearance, form, or disposition taken by a thing, or by one of its essential properties or attributes. 5. a. modality (def. 3). b. any of the forms of categorical syllogisms according to the quantity and quality of their constituent propositions. 6. any of various arrangements of the diatonic tones of an octave, differing from one another in the order of the whole steps and half steps; scale. 7. mood ² (def. 1). 8. Statistics. the value of the variate at which a maximum occurs in the frequency distribution of the variate. 9. the actual mineral composition of a rock, expressed in percentages by weight. [1250–1300; (< Old French) < Latin modus amount, limit, manner]

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n. 1. fashion or style in manners, dress, etc. 2. a light gray or drab color. [1635–45; < French < Latin modus; see mode¹]

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(mōd) The value that occurs most frequently in a data set. For example, in the set 125, 140, 172, 164, 140, 110, the mode is 140. Compare arithmetic mean, average, median.

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comportment, deportment - Deportment adds the sense of action or activity to a mode of conduct or behavior; comportment, "behavior or bearing," does not have this.
dictionary - Based on Latin dictio(n-), "mode of expression" or "word," then dictionarius, "a repertory of words or phrases."
diet - Comes from Greek diaita, "a way of life, mode of living."
mode - Originally a tune or air and later a scheme of sounds.

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Noun	1.	mode - how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"fashion, manner, style, wayproperty - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"drape - the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt"fit - the manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat"form - a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"life style, lifestyle, life-style, modus vivendi - a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudessetup - the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here"signature, touch - a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch"wise - a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise"response - the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals
	2.	mode - a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode"condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
	3.	mode - a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibilitymodalitylogical relation - a relation between propositions
	4.	mode - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speakermodality, moodgrammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammarcommon mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood - a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective factsubjunctive, subjunctive mood - a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possibleoptative, optative mood - a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbsimperative, imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood - a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behaviorinterrogative mood, interrogative - some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
	5.	mode - any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octavemusical modediatonic scale - a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole toneschurch mode, ecclesiastical mode, Gregorian mode, medieval mode - any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek modeGreek mode - any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greecemajor diatonic scale, major scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8thminor diatonic scale, minor scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
	6.	mode - the most frequent value of a random variablemodal valuestatistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parametersaverage, norm - a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

mode

noun1. method, way, plan, course, system, form, state, process, condition, style, approach, quality, practice, fashion, technique, manner, procedure, custom, vein the capitalist mode of production2. fashion, style, trend, rage, vogue, look, craze Their designs were exterminated by the mode for uncluttered space.3. function, position, role, operation, capacity The camera is in manual mode.

mode

noun1. The approach used to do something:fashion, manner, method, modus operandi, style, system, way, wise.2. A distinctive way of expressing oneself:fashion, manner, style, tone, vein.3. Manner of being or form of existence:condition, situation, state, status.4. The current custom:craze, fad, fashion, furor, rage, style, trend, vogue.Informal: thing.Idioms: the in thing, the last word, the latest thing.

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mode

(məud) noun1. a manner of doing something. an unusual mode of expression. 方式，风格 2. a kind or type. modes of transport.形式3. a fashion. Large hats are the latest mode.样式ˈmodish adjective fashionable and smart. 时髦的ˈmodishly adverb时髦地

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in grammar: see moodmood
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in verb inflection, the forms of a verb that indicate its manner of doing or being. In English the forms are called indicative (for direct statement or question or to express an uncertain condition, e.g.
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in statistics, an infrequently used type of averageaverage,
number used to represent or characterize a group of numbers. The most common type of average is the arithmetic mean. See median; mode.
..... Click the link for more information. . In a group of numbers the mode is the number occurring most frequently. In the group 1, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 9, 9, the mode is 6 because it occurs four times and the others only once or twice.

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in music. 1 A grouping or arrangement of notes in a scalescale,
in music, any series of tones arranged in a step-by-step rising or falling order of pitch. A scale defines the interval relationship of each tone to the others upon which the composition depends.
..... Click the link for more information. with respect to a most important note (in the pretonal modes of Western music, this note is called the final or finalis), and the patterns of larger and smaller steps (in Western music, whole and half steps) which these notes form. In the Middle Ages eight modes were developed as a theoretical foundation for plainsongplainsong
or plainchant,
the unharmonized chant of the medieval Christian liturgies in Europe and the Middle East; usually synonymous with Gregorian chant, the liturgical music of the Roman Catholic Church.
..... Click the link for more information. performance, notation, and composition. These modes, derived from church practice, and explained either in their own terms, or using terms drawn from ancient Greek music theory, were grouped in pairs, each pair containing an authentic mode and a plagal mode, which are distinguished by the difference in the position of their ranges with respect to the final. The range of each mode was an octave. The "authentic" mode has its final at the bottom (and top) of its octave, the "plagal" mode ranges from the fourth below the final to the fifth above it. Although Greek names came to be used for these modes—Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, mixolydian, hypophrygian, etc.—there is no proof of direct relation to Greek theory. These eight modes were the basis for 11 centuries of musical composition. Freely treated, they have reappeared in the works of some 20th-century composers such as Vaughan Williams. In the late Middle Ages and during the Renaissance certain other modes were adopted, and in 1547 the Swiss theorist Glareanus described 12 as useful for composition. In the late 16th cent. and early 17th cent. the series was condensed in the major and minor modes in use today. The use of medieval modes by later composers is called modality in contrast to tonalitytonality
, in music, quality by which all tones of a composition are heard in relation to a central tone called the keynote or tonic. In music that has harmony the terms key and tonality
..... Click the link for more information. . An extension of the term mode allows its application to the tonal systems of Hindu musicHindu music.
The music of India is entirely monodic. To Westerners it is the most accessible of all Asian musical cultures. Its tonal system divides the octave into 22 segments called srutis, not all equal but each roughly equal to one quarter of a whole tone of Western music.
..... Click the link for more information. , Arabian musicArabian music,
classical musical tradition of the Islamic peoples of Arabia, the Fertile Crescent, and North Africa. Characteristics, Forms, and Instruments

The chief characteristics of Arabian music are modal homophony, florid ornamentation, and modal rhythm.
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the music of the Byzantine Empire composed to Greek texts as ceremonial, festival, or church music.

Long thought to be only a further development of ancient Greek music, Byzantine music is now regarded as an independent musical culture, with elements
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Bibliography

See G. Reese, Music in the Middle Ages (1940); E. A. Wienandt, Choral Music of the Church (1965).

2 In the 13th cent., six characteristic rhythmical patterns of long and short notes in ternary meter. Greek names—e.g., trochaic and iambic—were applied to these rhythmic patterns at a fairly late date, but there is no evidence of derivation from the meters of Greek poetry. These rhythmic modes governed composition until they were finally dissolved in the 14th cent. by Philippe de Vitry in his treatise Ars nova (see musical notationmusical notation,
symbols used to make a written record of musical sounds.

Two different systems of letters were used to write down the instrumental and the vocal music of ancient Greece. In his five textbooks on music theory Boethius (c.A.D. 470–A.D.
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3 In 20th-century music, the various forms of the tone row in twelve-tone composition (see serial musicserial music,
the body of compositions whose fundamental syntactical reference is a particular ordering (called series or row) of the twelve pitch classes—C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B—that constitute the equal-tempered scale.
..... Click the link for more information. ). The row, an arbitrary arrangement of the 12 chromatic tones of Western music, can be used in four different forms: the original row, the original row reversed (from the last note back to the first note), the original row inverted (upside down), and the inversion reversed. Each of these is a mode.

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see MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY.

Mode

a system of interrelated tones expressed in the tone range; the sequence of steps in a mode forms its scale. The necessary condition for the existence of a mode is the qualitative difference of its steps. Each step performs a special modal function, determined by the gravitation of the unstable tones toward the stable ones (support tones, or points of rest).

The chief stable note is the tonic, which determines a mode’s tonality. Folk music, particularly music for one voice, is founded on the tonal interrelation of a second, although the fourth-fifth interrelation is also important, forming the diatonic basis of modes and shaping the secondary modal tones of support: on the fifth step (authentic modes with a framework of a fifth) and on the fourth (plagal modes with a framework of a fourth). The modal supports are the embryonic form of the harmonic functions of the steps of modes—the dominant and subdominant. Additional supports on the third step lead to the formation of the harmonic tonic of a mode, or to the major or minor triads.

Harmonic functions are of great importance in music composition. They manifest themselves primarily in the movement of the fifth step (the dominant) to the tonic, as well as in the more complex relation between the tonic and subdominant. The reason for such trend, which leads to the formation of the authentic cadence, is rooted in the nature of sound. The gravitation of unstable tones toward stable ones must be understood only as a tendency that manifests itself in music mostly indirectly and that usually is realized in the concluding cadences. The mode, in essence, represents an abstracted system of musical thought and its necessary logical foundation. A mode possesses only potential expressive characteristics, which manifest themselves above all in its mood, or flavor (major or minor coloring).

The diatonic scales are based on the authentic modes, of which the Ionian, as the mode corresponding completely to the functional relations of chords, became the basic mode of the major. An analogous position was occupied by the pure minor, based on the Aeolian mode, but which incorporates a seventh step that is raised a half-tone (harmonic minor) and a sixth that is raised an augmented second (melodic minor) to smooth over the interval. The complex major-minor system, which includes the indications of the remaining natural modes, grew on this foundation.

In relatively complex musical works, there are modulations to other tonalities, or keys; the tonal make-up of a mode is changed; one mode is replaced by another (minor by major); a mode is made complicated by an alteration of its steps, which introduces all twelve semitones into the tone range as a superstructure over the diatonic.

The structure of modes reflects the national and historical features of musical art and is subordinate to the general laws of acoustics and musical perception. While the modes of various peoples reflect unique national characteristics, they also contain much that is shared, which contributes to the mutual understanding and interaction among various musical cultures.

The traditional modal systems have been significantly altered by 20th-century composers, creating new aspects of study for musicologists and theorists. The study of modes is particularly intense in the USSR.

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Mode

the brief domination of a particular taste in some sphere of life or culture. The word “mode” is distinguished from the term “style,” in that the former is used in reference to less stable and more superficial changes in the external forms of everyday objects and works of art. In a narrower sense, the word “mode” designates the changes in the style of dress, which occur in the course of relatively short intervals of time. This usage (to be dressed à la mode) goes back to the 17th century, when French court fashion became the model for all the countries of Europe.

The word “mode” is also used to designate uncertain, brief popularity.

Mode

in probability theory and mathematical statistics, one of the characteristics of a distribution of a random variable. For a random variable having probability density p(x), any point at which p(x) has a maximum is said to be a mode. Distributions with a single mode (called unimodal distributions) are the most important type of probability distribution. The mode is a less frequently used characteristic of a distribution than the mathematical expectation and the median.

Mode

the type of oscillations excited in complex oscillatory systems. A mode is characterized by the spatial configuration of the oscillating system, which is determined by the position of its nodal points (lines or surfaces) and by its natural frequency. A definite natural frequency usually corresponds to each mode. If the natural frequencies of two or more modes coincide, the modes are said to be degenerate.

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[mōd] (communications) Form of the information in a communication such as literal language, digital data, and video. (computer science) One of several alternative conditions or methods of operation of a device. (electromagnetism) A form of propagation of guided waves that is characterized by a particular field pattern in a plane transverse to the direction of propagation. Also known as transmission mode. (petrology) The mineral composition of a rock, usually expressed as percentages of total weight or volume. (physics) A state of an oscillating system that corresponds to a particular field pattern and one of the possible resonant frequencies of the system. (statistics) The most frequently occurring member of a set of numbers.

architectural mode

An inexact classification for buildings that share selected architectural features but, unlike an architectural style, may not share consistency of design, form, or ornamentation with other buildings similarly classified. When such buildings seemingly emulate an earlier prototype (for example, American Colonial Revival), important architectural details that characterize the prototype are often either omitted or exaggerated in size or importance; furthermore, other design elements may be added (such as a type of dormer, chimney, or window) that never existed in the prototype; or characteristic building materials of the prototype may be replaced with newer types of materials. Compare with architectural style.

mode

i. The number or letter referring to the specific pulse spacing of the signals transmitted by an interrogator, as in identification friend or foe (IFF)), secondary surveillance radar (SSR), etc. Mode A (military mode 3) and mode C (altitude reporting) are used in air traffic control. With SSR, the specified four modes are A, C, S, and intermode. See identification friend or foe (IFF)).
ii. Any of the selectable methods of operation of a device or a system.

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1. Musica. any of the various scales of notes within one octave, esp any of the twelve natural diatonic scales taken in ascending order used in plainsong, folk song, and art music until 1600 b. (in the music of classical Greece) any of the descending diatonic scales from which the liturgical modes evolved c. either of the two main scale systems in music since 1600 2. Philosophy a complex combination of ideas the realization of which is not determined by the component ideas 3. the quantitative mineral composition of an igneous rock 4. Physics one of the possible configurations of a travelling or stationary wave 5. Physics one of the fundamental vibrations

Mode

(1)An object-oriented language.

["The Programming Language Mode: Language Definition and UserGuide", J. Vihavainen, C-1987-50, U Helsinki, 1987].

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(2)A general state, usually used with an adjective describingthe state. Use of the word "mode" rather than "state" impliesthat the state is extended over time, and probably also thatsome activity characteristic of that state is being carriedout. "No time to hack; I'm in thesis mode."

In its jargon sense, "mode" is most often attributed topeople, though it is sometimes applied to programs andinanimate objects. In particular, see hack mode, day mode, night mode, demo mode, fireworks mode, and yoyo mode; also chat.

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(3)More technically, a mode is a special state that certainuser interfaces must pass into in order to perform certainfunctions. For example, in order to insert characters into adocument in the Unix editor "vi", one must type the "i" key,which invokes the "Insert" command. The effect of thiscommand is to put vi into "insert mode", in which typing the"i" key has a quite different effect (to wit, it inserts an"i" into the document). One must then hit another specialkey, "ESC", in order to leave "insert mode". Nowadays,modeful interfaces are generally considered losing butsurvive in quite a few widely used tools built in lessenlightened times.

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(1) An operational state that a system has been switched to. It implies at least two possible conditions. There are countless modes for hardware and software. With regard to modes on a hard drive (Mode 2, Mode 3, etc.), see IDE. See Real Mode, Protected Mode, burst mode, insert mode, supervisor state and program state.

(2) In fiber optics, the reflective path taken by light in a fiber. Each mode has its own pattern of electromagnetic fields as it propagates through the fiber. From a cross section of the fiber, these modes can be viewed as multiple headlights beaming at you. In multimode fiber, multiple modes are generated, causing pulse dispersion at the receiving end. See multimode fiber, dispersion and fiber optics glossary.

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noun method

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noun the approach used to do something

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noun a distinctive way of expressing oneself

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noun manner of being or form of existence

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noun the current custom

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noun how something is done or how it happens

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noun a particular functioning condition or arrangement

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noun a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

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noun verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

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noun any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave

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noun the most frequent value of a random variable

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