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An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.

A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.

A modification.

An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.

A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.

A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).

A moderately difficult route.

(in the plural, Oxford University) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.

To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.

“His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Ruckus.”

To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.

“Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.”

A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.

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.

Style or fashion; popular trend.

“Her wardrobe is always in mode.”

The base with respect to which a congruence is computed.

The absolute value of a complex number.

A coefficient that expresses how much of a certain property is possessed by a certain substance.

An operator placed between two numbers, to get the remainder of the division of those numbers.