property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"

artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

drape - the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt"

fit - the manner in which something fits; "I admired the fit of her coat"

form - a particular mode in which something is manifested; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility"

life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi - a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes

setup - the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here"

signature, touch - a distinguishing style; "this room needs a woman's touch"

wise - a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise"

condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"

logical relation - a relation between propositions

grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar

common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood - a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact

subjunctive, subjunctive mood - a mood that represent an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible

optative, optative mood - a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs

imperative, imperative mood, jussive mood - a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

interrogative mood, interrogative - some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood

diatonic scale - a scale with eight notes in an octave; all but two are separated by whole tones

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

Greek mode - any of the descending diatonic scales in the music of classical Greece

major diatonic scale, major scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th

minor diatonic scale, minor scale - a diatonic scale with notes separated by whole tones except for the 2nd and 3rd and 5th and 6th

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

average, norm - a statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"