Meaning of mode | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
2. fashion
3. Style or fashion; popular trend.
4. One of several ancient Greek scales.
5. fad
6. A particular means of accomplishing something.
7. A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
   especially
8. A state related to signals or vibrations.
   especially
9. A wave pattern in the electromagnetic field.
10. One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
11. A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
12. A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
13. A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
14. That which exists only as a quality of substance.
15. A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
16. The most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
17. In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
18. The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
19. A woman's mantle with a hood.
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“What was the mode of entry?”

“An effectual and inexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.”

“common-mode”

“differential-mode”

“normal mode of vibration”

“longitudinal mode”

“transverse mode”

“In insert mode, characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer.”

“airplane mode; night mode”

“The car was then placed into its Level 2 driving mode, much like you would for the current adaptive cruise control systems.”

“Campaign mode (the career mode that includes the notorious Gran Turismo driving school) is off limits while offline. Also unavailable offline: buying new cars, viewing your garage, editing car liveries, and even the "taking photos of fancy cars in exotic scenery" mode.”

“I've stumbled over gaming's simplest hurdles, been humiliated by the lowliest of enemies and will often go for an easy mode if one's available, and yet I've run through Bloodborne twice without ever really breaking much of a sweat.”

“Selfie modes, meanwhile, let you add filters and change characters’ facial expressions, from Link in The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker to Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2.”

“After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.”

“After being stabbed, he went into survival mode until he got to the hospital.”

“Her wardrobe is always in mode.”

“The dress she wore was no longer a cheap blue serge but a handsome tricolette, richly trimmed according to the prevailing mode.”

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