noun
mode
A value that occurs most often in a set of data.
The mode of the data set is the value that appears most often.
Etymology
The Latin word supplied English senses involving a manner or prevailing form. Statistics specialized mode for the value that occurs most often in a distribution.
More examples
- Two numbers shared the highest frequency, giving the set two modes.
- She calculated the mean, median, and mode.
- The mode was six because six appeared four times.
Forms
mode · modes
modal adjective — relating to the most frequent value