mode Etymology 1
From (etyl) mode, from (etyl)
Noun
( en noun)
(music) One of several ancient scales, 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?
* 1855 , Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society (volume 9, page 205)
- An effectual and unexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.
(statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution
(mathematics, physics) A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
(computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data.
- In insert mode , characters typed are directly inserted into the buffer
(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.
Derived terms
* (music) Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode
* (grammar) imperative mode, indicative mode, infinitive mode, subjunctive mode
* (computing) immediate mode, protected mode, real mode, retained mode
* collective mode
* dual mode
* soft mode
Synonyms
* (grammar) mood, grammatical mood
Hyponyms
* (grammar) See also
Related terms
* modal
* modality
* model
* modeler
* moderate
* moderation
* moderator
* module
* mood
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
See also
* bimodal distribution
* median
* mean
* modal
Anagrams
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scheme Noun
( en noun)
A systematic plan of future action.
* Jonathan Swift
- The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
* {{quote-magazine, title=Ideas coming down the track, date=2013-06-01, volume=407, issue=8838
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, passage=A “moving platform” scheme
A plot or secret, devious plan.
An orderly combination of related parts.
* John Locke
- the appearance and outward scheme of things
* Atterbury
- such a scheme of things as shall at once take in time and eternity
* J. Edwards
- arguments sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
* Macaulay
- The Revolution came and changed his whole scheme of life.
A chart or diagram of a system or object.
* South
- to draw an exact scheme of Constantinople, or a map of France
(mathematics) A type of topological space.
(UK, chiefly, Scotland) A council housing estate.
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 101:
- It was all too dear. They all just put their prices up because it was out in the scheme .
(rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
(astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
* Sir Walter Scott
- a blue case, from which was drawn a scheme of nativity
Part of a uniform resource identifier indicating the protocol or other purpose, such as http: or news:.
Usage notes
In the US, generally has devious connotations, while in the UK, frequently used as a neutral term for projects: “The road is closed due to a pavement-widening scheme.”
Synonyms
* (a systematic plan of future action) blueprint
Verb
(schem)
To plot, or contrive a plan.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 26
, author=Tasha Robinson
, title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :
, work=The Onion AV Club
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, passage=The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek. }}
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