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Mode effect — is a broad term referring to a phenomenon where a particular survey administration mode causes different data to be collected. For example, when asking a question using two different modes (e.g. paper and telephone), responses to one mode may be… … Wikipedia
Complex adaptive system — Complex adaptive systems are special cases of complex systems. They are complex in that they are dynamic networks of interactions and relationships not aggregations of static entities. They are adaptive in that their individual and collective… … Wikipedia
Mode — (m[=o]d), n. [L. modus a measure, due or proper measure, bound, manner, form; akin to E. mete: cf. F. mode. See {Mete}, and cf. {Commodious}, {Mood} in grammar, {Modus}.] 1. Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mode of production — Part of a series on Marxism … Wikipedia
Mode (computer interface) — This article is about a transient state in user interfaces. For modes in videogames, see Game mode. For other uses, see Mode (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Multimodal interaction or Modality (human computer interaction). In user… … Wikipedia
Mode 7 — For other uses, see Mode 7 (disambiguation). Screenshot of a basic Super Nintendo demo using this graphical effect Mode 7 is a graphics mode on the Super NES video game console that allows a background layer to be rotated and scaled on a scanline … Wikipedia
Mode coupling — In the term mode coupling, as used in physics and electrical engineering, the word mode refers to eigenmodes of an idealized, unperturbed , linear system. Most often, these eigenmodes are plane waves. The superposition principle says that… … Wikipedia
Complex beam parameter — In optics, the complex beam parameter is a complex number that specifies the properties of a Gaussian beam at a particular point z along the axis of the beam. It is usually denoted by q. It can be calculated from the beam s vacuum wavelength λ0,… … Wikipedia
Complex instruction set computer — A complex instruction set computer (CISC, pronounced like sisk ) is a microprocessor instruction set architecture (ISA) in which each instruction can execute several low level operations, such as a load from memory, an arithmetic operation, and a … Wikipedia
mode — Term used in scholastic philosophy for a determination, a focusing of being in the abstract into some specific form. In the modern era the term is made prominent by Locke (Essay, ii. 12). Modes are introduced as one kind of complex idea, and are… … Philosophy dictionary
