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mode - any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave |
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diatonic scale a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones
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church mode,
ecclesiastical mode,
gregorian mode,
medieval mode any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until 1600; derived historically from the Greek mode
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greek mode any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece
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major diatonic scale,
major scale a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th
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minor diatonic scale,
minor scale a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th
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mode - the most frequent value of a random variable |
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average,
norm an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual; "he is about average in height"; "the snowfall this month is below average"
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statistics a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
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mode - a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched from keyboard to voice mode" |
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condition,
status the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
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