Expository Mode: Mode of television that presents an argument about the historical world: the 'facts' of that world are assertively or even aggressively selected and organized and presented to the viewer in a direct address.

 

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Expository Mode: Mode of television that presents an argument about the historical world: the 'facts' of that world are assertively or even aggressively selected and organized and presented to the viewer in . . . View Full Definition

Multimode Camera: Is a 35mm camera that will operate in several modes.

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Modes: See 'Qualities.'

Network Model HMO: An HMO that contracts with more than one group practice of physicians or specialty groups.

Observational Mode: Type of television text wherein a television producer's presence is not obvious to the viewer, and his or her manipulation of the historical world is minimal.

Plasmodesmata: Junctions in plants that penetrate cell walls and plasma membranes, allowing direct communication between the cytoplasm of adjacent cells (sing.: plasmodesma).

Pie Model Of Capital Structure: A model of the debt-equity ratio of the firms, graphically depicted in slices of a pie that represent the value of the firm in the capital markets.