[mode] n [ME moede, fr. L modus measure, manner, musical mode--more at mete] (14c) 1 a: an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals b: a rhythmical scheme (as in 13th and 14th century music)
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[2]mood
2. 3 [LL modus, fr. L] a:
[2]mood 1 b: the modal form of the assertion or denial of a logical proposition
4. a: a particular form or variety of something b: a form or manner of expression: style
5: a possible, customary, or preferred way of doing something "explained in the usual solemn ~"
6. a: a manifestation, form, or arrangement of being; specif: a particular form or manifestation of an underlying substance b: a particular functioning arrangement or condition: status "a spacecraft in reentry ~" "a computer operating in parallel ~"
7. a: the most frequent value of a set of data b: a value of a random variable for which a function of probabilities defined on it achieves a relative maximum 8: any of various stationary vibration patterns of which an elastic body or oscillatory system is capable "the vibration ~ of an airplane propeller blade" "the vibrational ~s of a molecule" syn see method
[2]mode n [F, fr. L modus] (ca. 1645): a prevailing fashion or style (as of dress or behavior) syn see fashion