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mode noun 1 rather formal a way of doing something, or of living, acting, happening, operating, etc • a new mode of transport. 2 a fashion or style, eg in clothes or art • the latest mode. 3 computing a method of operation as provided by the software • print mode. 4 music a any of several systems according to which notes in an octave are or were arranged • Lydian mode; b since the 16c specifically: either of the two main scale systems (major mode and minor mode) now in use; c old use a method of time-division of notes. 5 statistics the value of greatest frequency in a set of numbers. Compare mean3, median.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin modus manner or measure.
mode noun 1 rather formal a way of doing something, or of living, acting, happening, operating, etc • a new mode of transport. 2 a fashion or style, eg in clothes or art • the latest mode. 3 computing a method of operation as provided by the software • print mode. 4 music a any of several systems according to which notes in an octave are or were arranged • Lydian mode; b since the 16c specifically: either of the two main scale systems (major mode and minor mode) now in use; c old use a method of time-division of notes. 5 statistics the value of greatest frequency in a set of numbers. Compare mean3, median.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin modus manner or measure.
mode noun 1 rather formal a way of doing something, or of living, acting, happening, operating, etc • a new mode of transport. 2 a fashion or style, eg in clothes or art • the latest mode. 3 computing a method of operation as provided by the software • print mode. 4 music a any of several systems according to which notes in an octave are or were arranged • Lydian mode; b since the 16c specifically: either of the two main scale systems (major mode and minor mode) now in use; c old use a method of time-division of notes. 5 statistics the value of greatest frequency in a set of numbers. Compare mean3, median.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin modus manner or measure.
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