A term used to describe tissue (or a single NEURON) that is responsive to stimulation in more than one sensory dimension. Neurons in PRIMARY SENSORY CORTEX will respond to one type of STIMULUS—vision in PRIMARY VISUAL CORTEX for example—but...

In music, a scale is an ordered series of musical intervals, which, along with the key or tonic, define the pitches. However, mode is usually used in the sense of scale applied only to the specific diatonic scales found below. The use of more than one...