tau tānui
1. (noun) mode.
Ko te tau tānui tētahi o ngā inenga tauanga mō tētahi huinga raraunga. Ko te tau e kitea nuitia ana i roto i tētahi huinga raraunga (TRP 2010:283). / The mode is one of the statistical measures for a set of data. The number that appears most in a set of data (TRP 2010:283).