Collins English-English Dictionary

mode [məυd]

1. 1. n a manner or way of doing, acting, or existing

2. 2. n the current fashion or style

3. 3. n [music] 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

4. 4. n (in the music of classical Greece) any of the descending diatonic scales from which the liturgical modes evolved

5. 5. n either of the two main scale systems in music since 1600

   major mode

   minor mode

6. 6. n another name for modality mood

7. 7. n [logic] [linguistics] [Philosophy] a complex combination of ideas the realization of which is not determined by the component ideas

8. 8. n that one of a range of values that has the highest frequency as determined statistically - Compare mean median

9. 9. n the quantitative mineral composition of an igneous rock

10. 10. n [Physics] one of the possible configurations of a travelling or stationary wave

11. 11. n [Physics] one of the fundamental vibrations

12. 12. n [Etymology] C14: from Latin modus measure, manner