mode vs zoology

mode

noun
  • That which exists only as a quality of substance. 

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

  • The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern. 

  • A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality. 

  • The most frequently occurring value in a distribution 

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

  • 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. 

  • Style or fashion; popular trend. 

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

  • A particular means of accomplishing something. 

  • One of several ancient Greek scales. 

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

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

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

zoology

noun
  • A treatise on this science. 

  • The part of biology relating to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct. 

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