English
mod
see also: MOD, MoD
Pronunciation Noun

mod

  1. (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
  2. (UK) a 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
  3. (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
  4. (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
  5. (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
    • 1992, "Jordan K. Hubbard", How to convert Amiga mods to Arch? (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.acorn)
      I'd like to convert some of the arch[sic] mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.
    • 2003, Rene T. A. Lysloff, Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture (page 38)
      These mods, while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.
  6. (rock climbing) A moderately difficult route.
  7. (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
  8. (mathematics, programming) Abbreviation of modulus#English|modulus.
    Synonyms: %, modulus
  9. (statistics) Abbreviation of mode#English|mode.
Translations Verb

mod (mods, present participle modding; past and past participle modded)

  1. (slang) To modify an object from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
    His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Ruckus.
    Synonyms: trick, trick out
  2. To moderate; to silence or punish a rule-breaking user on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
    Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.
Adjective

mod (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of moderate#English|moderate.
Noun

mod (plural mods)

  1. A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.
MOD
Proper noun
  1. (British, UK politics) Ministry of Defence.
Noun

mod (plural mods)

  1. (dentistry) Initialism of mesio occlusal distal
MoD
Proper noun
  1. (UK, UK politics) Alternative form of MOD
    • 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles (in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)
      The MoD said the injured men received immediate medical attention and were evacuated by air to the military hospital at Camp Bastion, but three could not be saved. Next of kin have been informed. The other soldiers hurt are not thought to have life-threatening injures.


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