A mode of operation or functioning that is second in a group of two or more; specifically the mode of operation in B-scan ultrasound imaging; frequently attributive.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Definition of B-mode in US English:
B-mode
noun
A mode of operation or functioning that is second in a group of two or more; specifically the mode of operation in B-scan ultrasound imaging; frequently attributive.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Journal of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.