Modern

Modern generally means something that is "up-to-date", "new", or from the present time. The term was invented in the early 16th century to describe recent trends. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/61/28/M0362800.html bartleby] , [http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=modern merriam-webster] ] It may refer to:

* Modern era
* Modern Times, the name of a number of cultural works and historical periods
* "Modern Age" (periodical), an American conservative publication
* Modern Art, a form of art.
* the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
* Modern architecture, a style of architecture
* Modernity, a very loosely defined time period from late 19th to early 20th century
* Late Modernity
* Modern dance, a dance form developed in the early 20th century
* Modern Defense, a chess opening in which Black allows White to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4
* Modern (album), an album from the British punk rock band, Buzzcocks
* Modernist poetry
* Modernism
* Postmodernism
* Modern Records, a record label
* Modern School, India's leading public school
* Modern (typeface) is a raster font packaged with Windows XP
* Another name for the typeface classification known as didone
* Modern music

Modern may also refer to:
*Modra, a Slovak city, referred to in the German language as "modern"

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