| mode | |
| 1. n. (music) One of several ancient Greek scales. | |
| 2. n. (music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale. | |
| 3. n. A particular means of accomplishing something. | |
| What was the mode of entry? | |
| 4. n. (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution | |
| 5. n. (mathematics, physics) A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system. | |
| 6. n. (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data. | |
| In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer | |
| 7. n. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality. | |
| 8. n. Style or fashion; trend (as in trendy). | |
