Meaning

• One of several ancient Greek scales.

• 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.

• A particular means of accomplishing something.

  "What was the mode of entry?"

• A particular state of being, or frame of mind.

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

• The most frequently occurring value in a distribution

• A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.

• One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.

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

• A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.

  "airplane mode; night mode"

• A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.

• (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.

• That which exists only as a quality of substance.

• In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.

• The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.

• A woman's mantle with a hood.