mode /mōd/

1. A way or manner of acting, doing, happening or existing
2. Kind
3. Form
4. Manifestation
5. State of being (philosophy)
6. A method of operation as provided by the software (computing)
7. That which exists only as a quality of substance (philosophy)
8. A mood (grammar)
9. Character as necessary, contingent, possible or impossible (logic)
10. A mood (logic)
11. Actual percentage of mineral composition (petrology)
12. The value of greatest frequency (statistics)
13. Modality
14. Fashion
15. That which is fashionable
16. Fashionableness
17. A model of fashion (obsolete)
18. Alamode, or a garment made of it
19. Openwork between the solid parts of lace
20. The method of dividing the octave according to the position of its steps and half steps (music)
21. In old music, the method of time-division of notes (perfect into three, imperfect into two, major, division of large into longs, minor of long into breves)

modal /mōdˈl/ adjective

Relating to mode

A modal auxiliary

modˈalism noun

The doctrine first set forth by Sabellius that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are not three distinct personalities but only three different modes of manifestation

modˈalist noun

A person who holds this theory

modalistˈic adjective

modality /mōd-alˈi-ti/ noun

1. Fact or condition of being modal
2. Mode
3. Method, terms, style
4. Any of the primary methods of sensation
5. Classification of propositions as to whether true, false, necessary, possible or impossible (logic)
6. The quality of being limited by a condition (law; obsolete)

modˈally adverb

modish /mōdˈish/ adjective

1. Fashionable
2. Affectedly, foolishly or absurdly fashionable

modˈishly adverb

modˈishness noun

modˈist noun

A follower of the current fashion

modiste /mō-dēst/ noun (French)

A professedly fashionable dressmaker or milliner

modal auxiliary or modal verb noun

In English, any of the verbs can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must and ought, and sometimes need, dare and used to, which modify the sense of a main verb and express concepts such as politeness, certainty and obligation

mode dispersion noun (telecommunications)

In optical fibre communications, distortion of individual signals, caused by different modes of propagation of the light inside the fibre

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