noun

• (music) One of several ancient Greek scales.
• (music) 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.
• A particular state of being, or frame of mind.
• (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; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.
• (electronics) A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
• (video games) 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.
• (philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.
• (textiles) In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
• (textiles) The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
• (obsolete) A woman's mantle with a hood.
• Style or fashion; popular trend.