The phrase "a mode in which" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a particular way or method of doing something.
Example: "The experiment was conducted in a mode in which all variables were controlled to ensure accurate results."
Alternatives: "a manner in which" or "a method by which".
Most cell phones offer the "vibrate" option, a mode in which the phone shudders noticeably but silently.
The most impressive Sphero innovation, though, was a mode in which you can control the ball with the phone's gyrometer.
But the computer switched to a mode in which the protections either disappeared or could be overridden.
It allows users to shift into a mode in which only one letter is assigned to each number on the keypad.
At appointments, Laura would enter a mode in which she could recount her psychic conflicts in a cool, clinical tone, taking pride in her psychiatric literacy.
Like the one described below, they are all able to switch their drive mode from electrical to I.C.E., to a mode in which the two are working at once.
In this study, software "c5++," cooperatively developed and maintained by institutes in Japan and Sweden (Hobiger et al. 2014), is operated in a simulation mode in which a covariance matrix is created and actual observation values are not used.
Typically, this entails a "crisis mode," in which a sense of urgency and limited time sets in, the stakes grow, and the costs of failure are ominous.
Those universal features of epigenetic changes under cellular stress can be interpreted as a "panic mode", in which a cell attempts extreme measures in order to cope with extreme conditions.
In prior work, we have put forward the Dual Mechanisms of Control (DMC) account, which suggests a dissociation between two modes of cognitive control: a proactive mode, in which control is engaged in an anticipatory/sustained fashion during encoding and maintenance periods, and a reactive mode, in which control is engaged in a just-in-time manner, during probe/response periods [42].
When faced with living, breathing opponents instead of a target, a significant majority of the soldiers revert to a posturing mode in which they fire over the enemy's heads.
