■ noun
1》 a way in which something occurs or is done: his preferred ~ of travel was a bike.
↘ Computing a way of operating a system.
↘ Physics any of the kinds or patterns of vibration of an oscillating system.
↘ Logic the character of a modal proposition.
↘ Logic & Grammar another term for mood 2 .
2》 a style in clothes, art, etc.
3》 Statistics the value that occurs most frequently in a given data set.
4》 Music a set of notes forming a scale, from which melodies and harmonies are constructed.
Origin
ME (in the musical and grammatical senses): from L. modus 'measure'; cf. mood 2 .