| trend setting | the initiating or popularizing of a trend or fashion |
brood hen
broody
broody hen
setting hen
sitter | a domestic hen ready to brood |
mise en scene
stage setting
setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
| mount setting | a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place, the diamond was in a plain gold mount |
place setting
setting | a table service for one person, a place setting of sterling flatware |
| sight setting | the adjustment of a gunsight for elevation and windage on a particular range under favorable light conditions |
manner mode
style
way fashion | how something is done or how it happens, her dignified manner, his rapid manner of talking, their nomadic mode of existence, in the characteristic New York style, a lonely way of life, in an abrasive fashion |
mode
modal value | the most frequent value of a random variable |
asynchronous transfer mode
ATM | a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds, suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data, ATM is used for both LAN and WAN |
ecclesiastical mode
Gregorian mode
church mode
medieval mode | any of a system of modes used in Gregorian chants up until , derived historically from the Greek mode |
| Greek mode | any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece |
mode
musical mode | any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave |
major key
major mode | a key whose harmony is based on the major scale |
minor key
minor mode | a key based on the minor scale |
setting
scene | the context and environment in which something is set, the perfect setting for a ghost story |
| setting | the physical position of something, he changed the setting on the thermostat |
mood
mode modality | verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker |
modality
mode | a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility |
| mode | a particular functioning condition or arrangement, switched from keyboard to voice mode |
context
circumstance setting a | the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event, the historical context |
setting
background
scope | the state of the environment in which a situation exists, you can't do that in a university setting |
latest
a la mode(p)
in style(p)
in vogue(p)
modish | in the current fashion or style |
trendsetting
trend-setting | initiating or popularizing a trend |
| a la mode | with ice cream on top or on the side, we served the apple pie a la mode |