mode

Definitions of mode in various dictionaries:

noun - how something is done or how it happens

noun - a particular functioning condition or arrangement

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

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

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

noun - the most frequent value of a random variable

See Synonyms at method.

A particular form, variety, or manner: a mode of expression.

A given condition of functioning; a status: The spacecraft was in its recovery mode.

The current or customary fashion or style.

Music.

Any of certain fixed arrangements of the diatonic tones of an octave, as the major and minor scales of Western music.

A patterned arrangement, as the one characteristic of the music of classical Greece or the medieval Christian Church.

The particular appearance, form, or manner in which an underlying substance, or a permanent aspect or attribute of it, is manifested.

Logic.

See modality (n.

The arrangement or order of the propositions in a syllogism according to both quality and quantity.

The value or item occurring most frequently in a series of observations or statistical data.

The number or range of numbers in a set that occurs the most frequently.

The mineral composition of a sample of igneous rock.

Any of numerous patterns of wave motion.

Mood.

noun - a method of doing or acting