(n.) Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.
(n.) Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase the mode.
(n.) Variety; gradation; degree.
(n.) Any combination of qualities or relations, considered apart from the substance to which they belong, and treated as entities; more generally, condition, or state of being; manner or form of arrangement or manifestation; form, as opposed to matter.
(n.) The form in which the proposition connects the predicate and subject, whether by simple, contingent, or necessary assertion; the form of the syllogism, as determined by the quantity and quality of the constituent proposition; mood.
(n.) Same as Mood.
(n.) The scale as affected by the various positions in it of the minor intervals; as, the Dorian mode, the Ionic mode, etc., of ancient Greek music.
(n.) A kind of silk. See Alamode, n.
Example Sentences:
(1) Peripheral vascular surgery has become an increasingly common mode of treatment in non-university, community hospitals in Sweden during the last decade.
(2) This mode of treatment remains appropriate for cases where antibiotics are ineffective and surgery impracticable.
(3) The pH of ST solutions varied with the mode of oxygenation as follows: 7.9-8.2 in Groups I and IV; 8.7-8.9 in Groups II and V; 7.1-7.4 in Groups III and VI.
(4) The possible significance of this finding in relation to the mode of phosphorylation and glycosylation in vivo is discussed.
(5) These results are discussed in the light of the mode of action of the substances used.
(6) Quantitative measurements of image contrast were carried out for B-mode images of anechoic spheres (cysts) embedded in a random scattering medium.
(7) Average temperature changes observed were less than 1 degree C. The present study demonstrates that the electrically evoked response in mammalian brain can be altered by ultrasound in a non-thermal, non-cavitational mode, and that such effects are potentially reversible.
(8) With respect to the K current, however, they clearly differ from the AP's in their mode of suppression.
(9) The mode of ribosome degradation under this condition is discussed in terms of differential appearance of these intermediate particles.
(10) The mode of action is as yet undetermined, but intracellular vacuoles may be the primary targets.
(11) Some aspects of the life structure, of course, are also unconscious, namely, those having to do with attempted solutions to core personality conflicts and those reflecting modes of ego functioning.
(12) Thus, hyp does not appear to affect metastable variation but does affect the level of transcription of the pilA gene in the ON (transcribed) mode.
(13) This paper details the circumstances of some of the cases and cites precautions to be taken in the use of this therapeutic mode.
(14) It is assumed that the mild analgesia produced by acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) and indomethacin is due to a common mode of action, namely inhibition of the cyclo-oxygenase reaction in the synthesis of prostaglandins.
(15) 25 patients affected by Primary Hypothyroidism and a control group of 25 subjects were studied with M-mode and Two-dimensional echocardiography.
(16) A pilot study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of gas in the puerperal endometrial cavity and to determine whether this finding has any relationship to the mode of delivery or to the development of puerperal endometritis.
(17) Cryosurgical treatment of chronic vasomotor rhinitis provides a safe, effective and uncomplicated mode of management for this very common otolaryngologic disorder.
(18) Both types of oral cleft, cleft palate (CP) and cleft lip with or without CP (CLP), segregate in these families together with lower lip pits or fistulae in an autosomal dominant mode with high penetrance estimated to be K = .89 and .99 by different methods.
(19) On the other hand, the compound was more potent on secondary or late stage than on primary stage of inflammation, and to some extent showed the mode of action seen with steroid antiinflammatory drugs.
(20) One important consequence of the conservative mode of replication is that cellular enzymes never gain access to the reovirus genome but only to its ssRNA precursors.
Style
Definition:
(v. t.) An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.
(v. t.) Hence, anything resembling the ancient style in shape or use.
(v. t.) A pen; an author's pen.
(v. t.) A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
(v. t.) A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
(v. t.) A long, slender, bristlelike process, as the anal styles of insects.
(v. t.) The pin, or gnomon, of a dial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. See Gnomon.
(v. t.) The elongated part of a pistil between the ovary and the stigma. See Illust. of Stamen, and of Pistil.
(v. t.) Mode of expressing thought in language, whether oral or written; especially, such use of language in the expression of thought as exhibits the spirit and faculty of an artist; choice or arrangement of words in discourse; rhetorical expression.
(v. t.) Mode of presentation, especially in music or any of the fine arts; a characteristic of peculiar mode of developing in idea or accomplishing a result.
(v. t.) Conformity to a recognized standard; manner which is deemed elegant and appropriate, especially in social demeanor; fashion.
(v. t.) Mode or phrase by which anything is formally designated; the title; the official designation of any important body; mode of address; as, the style of Majesty.
(v. t.) A mode of reckoning time, with regard to the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
(v. t.) To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.
Example Sentences:
(1) In addition to the 89 cases of sudden and unexpected death before the age of 50 (preceded by some modification of the patient's life style in 29 cases), 11 cases were symptomatic and 5 were transplanted with a good result.
(2) More disturbing than his ideas was Malema's style and tone.
(3) In a poll before the debate, 48% predicted that Merkel, who will become Europe's longest serving leader if re-elected on 22 September, would emerge as the winner of the US-style debate, while 26% favoured Steinbruck, a former finance minister who is known for his quick-wit and rhetorical skills, but sometimes comes across as arrogant.
(4) Correlations between measures of learning style and academic performance yielded low, nonsignificant positive correlations and were found to be inadequate predictors of academic performance.
(5) To a large extent, the failure has been a consequence of a cold war-style deadlock – Russia and Iran on one side, and the west and most of the Arab world on the other – over the fate of Bashar al-Assad , a negotiating gap kept open by force in the shape of massive Russian and Iranian military support to keep the Syrian regime in place.
(6) Similarly, while those in the City continue to adopt a Millwall FC-style attitude of "no one likes us, we don't care", there is no incentive for them to heed the advice and demands of the public, who those in the Square Mile prefer to dismiss as intemperate ignoramuses.
(7) True Love Impulse Body Spray, Simple Kind to Skin Hydrating Light Moisturiser and VO5 Styling Mousse Extra Body marked double-digit price rises on average across the four chains.
(8) 2) Trebling of alcohol treatment places to match the expansion in drug treatment, and US-style street pastor teams using vetted ex-offenders to reach disaffected young people.
(9) Portugal's slide towards a Greek-style second bailout accelerated after its principal private lenders indicated that they were growing weary of assurances from Lisbon that it could get on top of the country's debts.
(10) ICR 12, one of a panel of rat monoclonal antibodies recognizing the external domain of the human c-erb B2 proto-oncogene product, (Styles, 1990) was chosen as a candidate for radiolabeling with 124I for positron emission tomography of selected patients with breast cancer.
(11) The video is done in the style of a news report for Russia's Kremlin-controlled Channel One channel, which normally praises Putin in every broadcast.
(12) PES scores were inversely related to reporting symptoms and unrelated to measures of response style.
(13) Group psychotherapy is a treatment modality used to assist patients in learning how they are perceived, what interactions and communication styles are effective, and which behaviors are acceptable.
(14) It was suggested that treatment outcome in a multidisciplinary pain clinic is more immediately related to patients' coping styles and their choice of pain treatment modalities than to their demographics and personalities.
(15) But similar accusations have been levelled by Anders Fogh Rasmussen , the secretary general of Nato, and by pro-shale officials in Romania and Lithuania , as cold war-style tensions have ratcheted.
(16) Trousers were cropped or rolled at the ankle, a styling trick that is emerging as a trend across the shows.
(17) While there are many potential causative factors, erroneous concepts of IOL positioning and design appear to have led to PBK with many iris-supported and anterior chamber lens styles.
(18) Valls immediately attacked Hamon as an idealist who couldn’t win the presidential election and styled himself as the voice of the serious left in government.
(19) Napthine chose not to directly criticise Tony Abbott – it’s not his style – but the coolness was clear.
(20) #WhitePrideWorldWide.” Anonymous replied in true vigilante style on Sunday, by taking control of the KKK Twitter account and replacing the logo with its own.