mode of operation
modus operandi , M.O. (abbreviation)

The climate system has jumped from one mode of operation to another in the past.

Increased bargaining power allowed the companies to change their mode of operation.

In this environment the so-called real time mode of operation is essential.

At the time, this was an unfamiliar mode of operation in Japan.

The only way to prevent repetition was to change my own mode of operation.

The Church felt secure again and sought to return to traditional modes of operation.

Despite the technology, the basic mode of operation remained essentially the same as with the 056.

In other words, Congress established a new mode of operation, so that everybody could live with it and profit.

Kevin had also explained to her the day before that there were two modes of operation.

However, this mode of operation seems to have been discontinued in recent years.

Tubes designed specifically for this mode of operation were made.

It has three modes of operation controlled by its pins 1 and 19.

If the task is too artificial, the system may be pushed away from a natural mode of operation.

Their varieties, structures and modes of operation have become well known in the past several decades.

The coincidence held for the several minutes it took him to reach the lock and figure out its mode of operation.

"The mode of operation is quite simple," the Karg told us.

Since we are posed with a mystery, I have returned to that mode of operation for the moment.

It can also refer to a mode of operation by application software.

This mode of operation typically results in significantly increased sensitivity.

The artificial intelligence has two modes of operation: basic and advanced.

The ship will now be returning to its normal mode of operation."

Also very important, if at all possible, is to have some idea of a teacher's normal mode of operation.

All systems also support a limited mode of operation called Basic Test.

Nothing came of it until about 100 years later, when this mode of operation became common practice the world over.

It features a 12x zoom lens and several modes of operation.

I want you two to work out a modus operandi.

I want to say something general about the modus operandi itself.

So then I had to figure out the modus operandi.

You feel that we need a new modus operandi here.

This sort of modus operandi has been used in the past.

Soon there is another murder, with the same modus operandi.

I shall stand by your modus operandi, no matter what.

By then, the family understood my modus operandi and gave up on me.

That's been their modus operandi since our first contact with them.

The flower's entire modus operandi seems to be how to get something for nothing.

I needed to feel everything about the killers, their modus operandi.

However, Europe is at a turning point if it does not find a new modus operandi.

But the modus operandi seemed similar to the bombing on Thursday.

This was, then, the natural modus operandi of the masses.

But such was not the modus operandi of the Robin's murder.

This does not seem to me to be the best legislative modus operandi.

Then, we realize the movie has slammed into its modus operandi.

Not unless he changes his modus operandi in fundamental ways.

Getting to know artists is the key to Logan's modus operandi.

"I think we have found a reasonable modus operandi," he said of relations with the American military.

They sat and tried to visualize the modus operandi of the house.

He promised that the Council' s modus operandi would change in future.

This used to be Woodward's modus operandi, too, in his better days.

Each of the Networks has its own modus operandi and objectives.

We had a similar experience there two years ago - with the modus operandi somewhat different and I believe more interesting.