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Way to produce very short laser bursts
Mode locking is a technique in optics by which a laser can be made to produce pulses of light of extremely short duration, on the order of picoseconds
Mode_locking
Phenomenon in maths
values of Ω, the map exhibits a phenomenon called mode locking or phase locking. In a phase-locked region, the values θn advance essentially as a rational
Arnold_tongue
Laser using an optical fiber as the active gain medium
compromised. In addition to the types of mode locking used with other lasers, fiber lasers can be passively mode locked by using the birefringence of the fiber
Fiber_laser
Laser which uses a solid gain medium
common as the cost of high-power semiconductor lasers has decreased. Mode locking of solid-state lasers and fiber lasers has wide applications as large-energy
Solid-state_laser
Musical term
phenomenon called mode-locking counteracts the natural inharmonicity of the string or air column and causes the overtones to lock precisely onto integer
Inharmonicity
Device that emits light via optical amplification
University of Munich demonstrated the smallest mode locking laser capable of emitting pairs of phase-locked picosecond laser pulses with a repetition frequency
Laser
domain mode locking (FDML) is a laser modelocking technique that creates a continuous wave, wavelength-swept light output. A Fourier domain mode locked laser
Fourier_domain_mode_locking
Laser mode-locking method
Kerr-lens mode-locking (KLM) is a method of mode-locking lasers via the nonlinear optical Kerr effect. This method allows the generation of pulses of light
Kerr-lens_modelocking
Effect on frequency of interacting oscillators
injection locking. When the second oscillator merely disturbs the first but does not capture it, the effect is called injection pulling. Injection locking and
Injection_locking
simpler model. There are many important applications in neuroscience for Mode-locking response of excitable systems to periodic forcing. For example, The theta
Compartmental_neuron_models
Any laser not classified as continuous-wave
short pulse incorporating that energy, and thus a high peak power. A mode-locked laser is capable of emitting extremely short pulses on the order of tens
Pulsed_laser
Monochrome light beam whose amplitude envelope is a Gaussian function
intensity (irradiance) profile. This fundamental (or TEM00) transverse Gaussian mode describes the intended output of many lasers, as such a beam diverges less
Gaussian_beam
Laser pulsing technique
if it were operating in a continuous wave (constant output) mode. Compared to mode locking, another technique for pulse generation with lasers, Q-switching
Q-switching
American physicist, parapsychologist, and author
Systems, he contributed to the development of frequency modulation and mode-locking of lasers, and co-authored a 1969 paper which described the operation
Russell_Targ
Swiss physicist
the semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM), enabling passive mode-locking of lasers and revolutionizing ultrafast laser applications in science
Ursula_Keller
Type of saturable absorber
mode locking lasers. Semiconductor saturable absorbers were used for laser mode-locking as early as 1974 when p-type germanium was used to mode lock a
Semiconductor saturable-absorber mirror
Semiconductor_saturable-absorber_mirror
Concept in quantum mechanics
are widely used in passively mode locking lasers. Semiconductor saturable absorbers (SESAMs) were used for laser mode-locking as early as 1974 when p-type
Quantum_well
Fluorescence spectroscopy Forced Rayleigh scattering Fourier domain mode locking 4Pi microscope, a laser scanning fluorescence microscope Frame-dragging
List_of_laser_articles
Electronic control system
recovery Charge-pump phase-locked loop Circle map – A simple mathematical model of the phase-locked loop showing both mode-locking and chaotic behavior. Costas
Phase-locked_loop
optics In lasers (compare mode-locking) In condensed-matter physics, critical slowing down can be described by a Coupled mode theory. Nonlinear optics
Mode_coupling
Type of laser
crystal is often made using the heat exchanger method of production. Mode-locked oscillators generate ultrashort pulses with a typical duration between
Titanium-sapphire_laser
Software design pattern
testing the locking criterion (the "lock hint") before acquiring the lock. Locking occurs only if the locking criterion check indicates that locking is required
Double-checked_locking
Equipment using an organic dye to emit coherent light
pulse using a ring-dye laser (or dye laser exploiting colliding pulse mode-locking). This kind of laser is capable of generating laser pulses of ~ 0.1 ps
Dye_laser
Laser source with equal intervals of spectral lines
nonlinear media, or stabilization of the pulse train generated by a mode-locked laser. Much work has been devoted to this last mechanism, which was developed
Frequency_comb
Safety anti-skid braking system used on aerospace and land vehicles
1976: WABCO began the development of the anti-locking braking system on commercial vehicles to prevent locking on slippery roads, followed in 1986 by the
Anti-lock_braking_system
Computer mechanism
NTFS permissions or by installing a third party file locking software. IBM pioneered file locking in 1963 for use in mainframe computers using OS/360,
File_locking
Technique for amplifying ultrashort laser pulses
gigawatts. Physics portal Technology portal Femtotechnology Group velocity Mode locking Raman amplification Regenerative amplification Paschotta, Rüdiger (July
Chirped_pulse_amplification
Term in optics
structure similar to a graded-index fiber. If the field is also a propagating mode of the guide it has created, then it will remain confined and it will propagate
Soliton_(optics)
Semiconductor laser
ability to generate ultra-short pulses of light by the technique known as mode-locking. Areas of use include clock distribution for high-performance integrated
Laser_diode
Type of display technology
to compress the output to 400 fs, transform-limited pulses. Passive mode-locking of fiber lasers has been demonstrated at high repetition rates, but inclusion
Liquid_crystal_on_silicon
Keyboard setting
LOCK is a function that locks part of a keyboard's keys into a distinct mode of operation, depending on the lock settings selected. Most keyboards have
Lock_key
Concept in optics
"Generation of optical pulses shorter than 0.1 psec by colliding pulse mode locking". Applied Physics Letters. 38 (9). AIP Publishing: 671–672. Bibcode:1981ApPhL
Supercontinuum
Technique of measuring electromagnetic spectra
pulses, all based on ultrashort pulses from titanium-sapphire lasers or mode-locked fiber lasers. When an ultra-short (100 femtoseconds or shorter) optical
Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
Terahertz_time-domain_spectroscopy
Type of fiber laser
make a nonlinear difference in phase between opposite waves, ensuring mode locking. In 1992 a figure-8 laser was built with a smaller loop length of 1.6 m
Figure-8_laser
American engineer & educator (1931–2011)
in the FM-mode-locked laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-6, 803 (December 1970). D. J. Kuizenga and A. E. Siegman, "FM and AM mode-locking of the homogeneous
Anthony_E._Siegman
In a database, locking objects that contain other objects
granularity locking (MGL) is a locking method used in database management systems (DBMS) and relational databases. In multiple granularity locking, locks are
Multiple_granularity_locking
Hexagonal lattice made of carbon atoms
optical absorption and zero band gap. This property has enabled full-band mode-locking in fiber lasers using graphene-based saturable absorbers, contributing
Graphene
Type of wave
parameters and harmonic mode-locking to the conventional dissipative vector soliton can also be formed in a passively mode-locked fiber laser with a SESAM
Vector_soliton
Spectroscopic technique
typically used to determine vibrational modes of molecules, although rotational and other low-frequency modes of systems may also be observed. Raman spectroscopy
Raman_spectroscopy
Skin treatment
helping to bring increased turgor and thickness to the skin. A variety of modes have been developed including Nd:Yag lasers and a plasma device. CO2 resurfacing
Photorejuvenation
programmable dispersive filter APD – avalanche photodiode APM – additive-pulse mode locking ASE – amplified spontaneous emission ATD – above-threshold dissociation
Laser_acronyms
One quadrillionth of a second
Femtochemistry Femtosecond pulse shaping Ultrafast laser spectroscopy Mode-locking Microsecond Millisecond Nanosecond Orders of magnitude (time) "Femtosecond:
Femtosecond
Set of theories
Newburgh, R. G. (1973-01-01). "Motional Effects in Retardation Plates and Mode Locking in Ring Lasers". Applied Optics. 12 (1): 116–119. Bibcode:1973ApOpt.
Aether_theories
H. Yagi; T. Yanagitani; A. A. Kaminskii (2007). "Diode-pumped 188 fs mode-locked Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic laser". Applied Physics Letters. 90 (7): 071101. Bibcode:2007ApPhL
List_of_laser_types
Optical frequency combs
dispersion effects require additional terms in the equation. Frequency comb Mode-locking Lugiato–Lefever equation P. Del'Haye; A. Schliesser; O. Arcizet; T. Wilken;
Kerr_frequency_comb
Process of hair removal by exposure to laser pulses
Farinelli, William A; Anderson, R. Rox (1998). "Permanent Hair Removal by Normal-Mode Ruby Laser". Archives of Dermatology. 134 (7): 837–42. doi:10.1001/archderm
Laser_hair_removal
line of mode-locked lasers produced ultraviolet output at 355 nm, used for fluorescence excitation in flow cytometry applications. Mode-locking was passive
Lightwave Electronics Corporation
Lightwave_Electronics_Corporation
Part of an optical resonator which allows intracavity light to be emitted
used for continuous-wave operation, but their most common use is with mode-locked lasers, to extract a very short pulse at its peak intensity. Laser construction
Output_coupler
Wave that remains in a constant position
articles: Amphidromic point Clapotis Longitudinal mode Mode-locking Metachronal rhythm Resonant room modes Seiche Trumpet Kundt's tube Wave Equation Index
Standing_wave
Regular and periodic mutual gravitational influence of orbiting bodies
systems is the discovery and description of a highly simplified model of mode-locking; this is an oscillator that receives periodic kicks via a weak coupling
Orbital_resonance
Moon with high accuracy. Some laser systems, through the process of mode locking, can produce extremely brief pulses of light - as short as picoseconds
List_of_laser_applications
Arrangement of mirrors
producing modes with certain resonance frequencies. Modes can be decomposed into longitudinal modes that differ only in frequency and transverse modes that
Optical_cavity
Measure of laser beam quality
beam to the minimum focussed spot size that can be achieved. For a single mode TEM00 (Gaussian) laser beam, M2 is exactly one. Unlike the beam parameter
M_squared
Hypothetical atomic scale technology
stable nano-scale structure as it decays. Attophysics Femtochemistry Mode-locking, a laser technique producing pulses in the femtosecond range Ultrashort
Femtotechnology
Study involving matter and electromagnetic radiation
centers in molecules. Raman spectroscopy is used to determine vibrational modes of molecules, providing a structural fingerprint by which molecules can
Spectroscopy
Laser fundamental design principles
these devices are often not categorized as lasers. Injection seeder Mode locking Q-switching List of laser articles Koechner, Walter (1992). Solid-State
Laser_construction
Phenomenon of sand that produces sound
ISSN 0037-0746. Andreotti, B. (2004-12-01). "The Song of Dunes as a Wave-Particle Mode Locking". Physical Review Letters. 93 (23) 238001. American Physical Society
Singing_sand
Digital optical disc data storage format
nominal capacity of a DVD-10 disc to 9.4 GB (8.75 GiB), but each side is locked to 4.7 GB. Like DVD-5 discs, DVD-10 discs are defined as single-layer (SL)
DVD
Welding technique
automotive and aeronautics industries. It is based on keyhole or penetration mode welding. Like electron-beam welding (EBW), laser beam welding has high power
Laser_beam_welding
Clouding of the lens inside the eye, causing poor vision
further independent corroboration is still required. Femtosecond laser mode-locking, used during cataract surgery, was originally used to cut accurate and
Cataract
Scientific study of brain processes related to music
auditory system is the phase-locking and mode-locking of action potentials to frequencies in a stimulus. Phase-locking to stimulus frequencies has been
Neuroscience_of_music
Electronic lock without a mechanical key
also known as remote keyless entry (RKE) or remote central locking, is an electronic lock that controls access to a building or vehicle by using an electronic
Remote_keyless_system
Motor vehicle
change in one of the sensors it would put the suspension into 'hard' mode locking out the extra centre spheres and stopping the 'crossflow' of fluid, this
Citroën_XM
use a laser diode as a seeding source. Laser construction Q-switching Mode locking Spotlight: Injection Seeding Archived 2022-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
Injection_seeder
Device that amplifies an optical signal
Galvanauskas, Almantas; Wise, Frank W. (2011-02-14). "Energy scaling of mode-locked fiber lasers with chirally-coupled core fiber". Optics Express. 19 (4):
Optical_amplifier
Self-reinforcing single wave packet
Barthelemy, A. (1987). "Picosecond steps and dark pulses through nonlinear single mode fibers". Optics Comm. 62 (6): 374–379. Bibcode:1987OptCo..62..374E. doi:10
Soliton
Spectroscopy with lasers with very short pulses
oscillators use Ti doped-sapphire crystals as a gain medium and Kerr-lens mode-locking to achieve sub-picosecond light pulses. Typical Ti:sapphire oscillator
Ultrafast_laser_spectroscopy
Source of optical gain in a laser
technology D.Kouznetsov; J.F.Bisson; K.Takaichi; K.Ueda (2005). "Single-mode solid-state laser with short wide unstable cavity". JOSA B. 22 (8): 1605–1619
Active_laser_medium
Microscope imaging technique
system will have a laser scanning microscope with a titanium sapphire mode-locked laser as the excitation source. The SHG signal is propagated in the forward
Second-harmonic imaging microscopy
Second-harmonic_imaging_microscopy
Neural phenomenon
PMID 2324391. Lerud, KD; Almonte, FV; Kim, JC; Large, EW (February 2014). "Mode-locking neurodynamics predict human auditory brainstem responses to musical intervals"
Frequency_following_response
Feature of a type of military offensive technology
Lock-on is a feature of many radar systems that allow it to automatically follow a selected target. Lock-on was first designed for the AI Mk. IX radar
Radar_lock-on
Israeli professor of electro-optics
first transverse modes locking phenomenon and synthetic dimensions that can be lower or higher than 3 (hyper-combs) in mode-locked lasers. He also worked
Baruch_Fischer
Synchronization primitive in computing
allow the lock to be atomically upgraded from being locked in read-mode to write-mode, as well as being downgraded from write-mode to read-mode. Upgrading
Readers–writer_lock
Process that removes material from an object by heating it with a laser
desorption/ionization Parts cleaning Optical breakdown photoionization mode (OB) at Photoionization mode Soft retooling "Understanding Laser Blasting". BlastOne International
Laser_ablation
Electromagnetic wave that is not pulsed
This mode is still in common use by amateur radio operators due to its narrow bandwidth and high signal-to-noise ratio compared to other modes of communication
Continuous_wave
Overview of the various four-wheel drive systems Jeep uses on their vehicles
NV241OR and adds locking differentials and 4:1 low gear ratio. In 2007 an electric front sway bar disconnect was added and the locking differentials switched
Jeep_four-wheel-drive_systems
Graphics mode on the Super NES video game console
Mode 7 is a graphics mode on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES) video game console that allows a background layer to be rotated and scaled
Mode_7
Optical spectroscopic technique
highly reflective mirrors. When the laser is in resonance with a cavity mode, intensity builds up in the cavity due to constructive interference. The
Cavity_ring-down_spectroscopy
3D printing technique
Belikov, S V (19 January 2021). "The effect of the selective laser melting mode on second phases precipitation in 316L steel during subsequent heat treatment"
Selective_laser_melting
Laser that obtains energy from chemical reactions
collide frequently enough to re-distribute the energy, several of these laser modes operate either simultaneously, or in extremely rapid succession, so that
Chemical_laser
Digital optical disc data storage format
Gain-switching Gaussian beam Injection seeder Laser beam profiler M squared Mode locking Multiple-prism grating laser oscillator Optical amplifier Optical cavity
Compact_disc
Synchronization mechanism for enforcing limits on access to a resource
process/thread will request a lock held by the other. (For example, locking a row rather than the entire table, or locking a cell rather than the entire
Lock_(computer_science)
Vehicle component
locked or unlocked by persons other than the vehicle owner. Freewheel Full spool "Locking hubs - to lock or not to lock, how to use manual locking hubs".
Locking_hubs
Spectral linewidth of a laser beam
approximating that {\displaystyle } iv. one photon is coupled into the lasing mode by spontaneous emission during the photon-decay time τ c {\displaystyle \tau
Laser_linewidth
Laser cooling technique
hyperfine structure is, the more (narrow-band, frequency locked) lasers are required. Since frequency-locked lasers are both complex and expensive, atoms which
Doppler_cooling
depending on lock type and needed operation). Index Locking Protocol guarantees that phantom read phenomenon won't occur. Index locking protocol states:
Index_locking
Scientific instruments
modes exist in the mid-infrared region. Optical force enhancement by molecular vibrational resonance can be achieved by exciting the stretching mode of
Optical_tweezers
Mechanism for regulating the speed of clocks
of the supporting mantlepiece. This process is called entrainment or mode locking in physics and is observed in other coupled oscillators. Synchronized
Pendulum
Process of disabling entire booting
unlocked, the camera became less functional. This could be restored by re-locking the bootloader. This issue was later fixed by Samsung. For the Samsung
Bootloader_unlocking
Topics referred to by the same term
a workflow language FileMaker Dynamic Markup Language Fourier Domain Mode Locking, a laser modelocking technique This disambiguation page lists articles
FDML
Japanese electrical engineer
highest multiplicity of 4096. Recently, he has been concentrating on Mode locking technology for the generation of various optical pulses and a QAM quantum
Masataka_Nakazawa
Type of ultraviolet laser important in chip manufacturing and eye surgery
high enough to evaporate part of the mirror coatings, which imprinted its mode pattern. This presentation established the credible potential of developing
Excimer_laser
Vaporizing laser beam in a vacuum chamber
growth mode is obtained by deposition on a high miscut substrate, or depositing at elevated temperatures Layer-by-layer growth – In this growth mode, islands
Pulsed_laser_deposition
South African air-to-surface missile
feature two launch modes, lock-on before launch (LOBL) and lock-on after launch (LOAL). LOBL is the older, more conventional mode of missile launching
Mokopa
Electrostatic digital printing process
Gain-switching Gaussian beam Injection seeder Laser beam profiler M squared Mode locking Multiple-prism grating laser oscillator Optical amplifier Optical cavity
Laser_printing
Nonlinear optical effect
J.; Zhao, Luming; Bao, Qiaoliang; Loh, Kian Ping (2010). "Graphene mode locked, wavelength-tunable, dissipative soliton fiber laser" (PDF). Applied
Saturable_absorption
Apparatus for trapping and cooling neutral atoms
absorption spectroscopy and the Pound-Drever-Hall technique to generate a locking signal. By employing a 2-dimensional diffraction grating or a pyramid arrangement
Magneto-optical_trap
Type of wave pulse
making up the pulse. Optical pulses of this type can be generated by mode-locked lasers. Any waveform can be disassembled into its spectral components
Bandwidth-limited_pulse
Computer key
In its original design, Scroll Lock was intended to modify the behavior of the arrow keys. When the Scroll Lock mode is on, the arrow keys scroll the
Scroll_Lock
Digital optical disc format
Blu-rays are more often region locked as well as a few European Blu-rays. Paramount, though more occasionally region locking their Blu-rays, never uses Region
Blu-ray
MODE LOCKING
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Boy/Male
French English
Dark skinned.
Surname or Lastname
English (Suffolk, Essex)
English (Suffolk, Essex) : unexplained.French : habitation name from Moye in Haute-Savoie.Dutch (de Moye) : nickname from Middle Dutch moy, moeie, ‘fine’, ‘handsome’, denoting a well-dressed person or a dandy.Spanish : see Moya.
Girl/Female
British, English, German, Russian
Supper
Male
English
Short form of English Moses, MOSE means "drawn out."
Female
Japanese
(èŒ) Japanese name MOE means "budding."
Male
Hawaiian
Hawaiian form of Hebrew Moshe, MOKE means "drawn out."
Male
English
Pet form of English Moses, MOE means "drawn out."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for someone supposedly resembling a mole (the burrowing mammal), Middle English mol(le) (from Dutch or Low German mol), for example in having poor eyesight.English : nickname for someone with a prominent mole or blemish on the face, from Middle English mole (Old English mÄl).English : from an Old English masculine personal name, Moll.English : from Old Norse moli ‘crumb’, ‘grain’, possibly a nickname for a small man.French : metonymic occupational name for a knife grinder or a maker of whetstones, from a variant of meule ‘whetstone’, ‘grindstone’, ‘millstone’.Italian : variant of Mule.Slovenian : probably a nickname for a extremely religious man, from mole ‘zealot’, a derivative of moliti ‘to pray’.
Girl/Female
Australian, Celtic, Irish
Thirsty
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Mould.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
An Apsara's Name
Surname or Lastname
English (Surrey)
English (Surrey) : unexplained. Compare Moad.
Boy/Male
Norse
Son of Thor.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, Christian, Finnish, Hebrew
Saviour; Taken from Water; Moses; Saved from the Water; Drawn out
Surname or Lastname
German
German : from a short form of any of the various Germanic personal names with the first element hrÅd ‘renown’. Compare Robert, Rudiger.North German, Danish, and English : topographic name for someone who lived on land cleared for cultivation or in a clearing in woodland, from Middle Low German rode, Danish rothe, Old English rod. Compare English Rhodes.English : habitational name from any of the many places named with this word, as for example Rode in Cheshire.Slovenian : topographic name from the adjective rod ‘barren’, denoting someone who lived on a barren land.Slovenian : nickname from the Slovenian dialect word rode ‘person with disheveled hair’, a derivative of rod ‘curly’ or ‘hairy’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Coad.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : variant of Mock.
Girl/Female
Irish
Great.
Female
Yiddish
(×”Ö¸×דֶע) Yiddish form for Hebrew Hadaccah, HODE means "myrtle tree."
Boy/Male
British, English, Hindu, Indian
Limited
MODE LOCKING
MODE LOCKING
Male
Italian
Italian form of Roman Latin Sextus, SESTO means "sixth."
Boy/Male
Indian
God of Love
Girl/Female
Arabic, Indian, Muslim
Lovable; Cultured; Polite; Refined; Civilized; Respect Giving
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap ‘devious’, ‘deceitful’, ‘bent’; ‘shrewd’.Americanized spelling of North German Japp.Chinese : variant of Ye.Filipino : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Wolcott.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Lotus stalk, Lotus stem, Lotus
Girl/Female
Irish
Adding a to leanbh, the word for “child†in Irish, brings a sense of warmth – “O child†or “darling child.†A favored name in Ireland with all three spellings.
Girl/Female
English, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Goddess Saraswati; Bansari; Another Name for Lord Krishna
Girl/Female
Hindu
A person who does good things, Made good
Girl/Female
Indian
Silvery
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n.
Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine.
superl.
Additional; other; as, he wept because there were no more words to conquer.
n.
A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.
v. t.
To make more; to increase.
n.
Anything which serves, or may serve, as an example for imitation; as, a government formed on the model of the American constitution; a model of eloquence, virtue, or behavior.
n.
Any combination of qualities or relations, considered apart from the substance to which they belong, and treated as entities; more generally, condition, or state of being; manner or form of arrangement or manifestation; form, as opposed to matter.
n.
Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase the mode.
v. i.
To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax.
v. i.
To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
n.
Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as, the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.
a.
Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.
a., adv., & n.
More. See Mo.
n.
Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact.
a.
Suitable to be taken as a model or pattern; as, a model house; a model husband.
adv.
With an adjective or adverb (instead of the suffix -er) to form the comparative degree; as, more durable; more active; more sweetly.
a.
Artificially produced; pieced together; formed by filling in; as, made ground; a made mast, in distinction from one consisting of a single spar.
v. t.
To form holes in, as a mole; to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.
n.
The scale as affected by the various positions in it of the minor intervals; as, the Dorian mode, the Ionic mode, etc., of ancient Greek music.
v. t.
To plan or form after a pattern; to form in model; to form a model or pattern for; to shape; to mold; to fashion; as, to model a house or a government; to model an edifice according to the plan delineated.