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The definition of mode

9 Definitions of: mode

    1. noun, a manner or way of doing, acting, or existing
    2. noun, the current fashion or style
    3. noun, 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 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
    4. noun, logic linguistics. another name for modality, mood
    5. noun, philosophy a complex combination of ideas the realization of which is not determined by the component ideas
    6. noun, that one of a range of values that has the highest frequency as determined statistically. Compare mean, median
    7. noun, the quantitative mineral composition of an igneous rock
    8. noun, physics one of the possible configurations of a travelling or stationary wave
    9. noun, physics one of the fundamental vibrations
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Synonyms: fashion, style, system, method, way, plan, course, form, state, process And more...
 

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