mode

A manner, way, or method of doing something, experiencing something, or acting: synonym: method.

A particular form or kind.

A given condition of functioning; a status or operation.

The current or customary fashion or style.

Any of certain fixed arrangements of the diatonic tones of an octave, as the major and minor scales of Western music.

A patterned arrangement, as the one characteristic of the music of classical Greece or the medieval Christian Church.

The particular appearance, form, or manner in which an underlying substance, or a permanent aspect or attribute of it, is manifested.