diff --git a/examples/js/renderers/Projector.js b/examples/js/renderers/Projector.js
index b0f60ad59324d9c76d6ce7ed6ca418d438393813..3127178d9f6632c3933de93b17e8faa00310b9cc 100644
--- a/examples/js/renderers/Projector.js
+++ b/examples/js/renderers/Projector.js
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ THREE.Projector = function () {
 
 						} else {
 
-							var step = object.type === THREE.LinePieces ? 2 : 1;
+							var step = object.mode === THREE.LinePieces ? 2 : 1;
 
 							for ( var i = 0, l = ( positions.length / 3 ) - 1; i < l; i += step ) {
 
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ THREE.Projector = function () {
 					v1.positionScreen.copy( vertices[ 0 ] ).applyMatrix4( _modelViewProjectionMatrix );
 
 					// Handle LineStrip and LinePieces
-					var step = object.type === THREE.LinePieces ? 2 : 1;
+					var step = object.mode === THREE.LinePieces ? 2 : 1;
 
 					for ( var v = 1, vl = vertices.length; v < vl; v ++ ) {
 
diff --git a/src/objects/Line.js b/src/objects/Line.js
index b5ebe197510e844f69d38423ef07bf803287e0b0..3f3ba031171728c8e4af1451adea9996aed9cd57 100644
--- a/src/objects/Line.js
+++ b/src/objects/Line.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * @author mrdoob / http://mrdoob.com/
  */
 
-THREE.Line = function ( geometry, material, type ) {
+THREE.Line = function ( geometry, material, mode ) {
 
 	THREE.Object3D.call( this );
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ THREE.Line = function ( geometry, material, type ) {
 	this.geometry = geometry !== undefined ? geometry : new THREE.Geometry();
 	this.material = material !== undefined ? material : new THREE.LineBasicMaterial( { color: Math.random() * 0xffffff } );
 
-	this.type = ( type !== undefined ) ? type : THREE.LineStrip;
+	this.mode = ( mode !== undefined ) ? mode : THREE.LineStrip;
 
 };
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ THREE.Line.prototype.raycast = ( function () {
 			var nbVertices = vertices.length;
 			var interSegment = new THREE.Vector3();
 			var interRay = new THREE.Vector3();
-			var step = this.type === THREE.LineStrip ? 1 : 2;
+			var step = this.mode === THREE.LineStrip ? 1 : 2;
 
 			for ( var i = 0; i < nbVertices - 1; i = i + step ) {
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ THREE.Line.prototype.raycast = ( function () {
 
 THREE.Line.prototype.clone = function ( object ) {
 
-	if ( object === undefined ) object = new THREE.Line( this.geometry, this.material, this.type );
+	if ( object === undefined ) object = new THREE.Line( this.geometry, this.material, this.mode );
 
 	THREE.Object3D.prototype.clone.call( this, object );
 
diff --git a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
index f3d62ccd0b7cf6528673bee8b1920848c7105910..03ffcab96d66f2d9d8e684ced7ae77db9cbe1207 100644
--- a/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
+++ b/src/renderers/WebGLRenderer.js
@@ -2768,7 +2768,7 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 
 		} else if ( object instanceof THREE.Line ) {
 
-			var mode = ( object.type === THREE.LineStrip ) ? _gl.LINE_STRIP : _gl.LINES;
+			var mode = ( object.mode === THREE.LineStrip ) ? _gl.LINE_STRIP : _gl.LINES;
 
 			setLineWidth( material.linewidth );
 
@@ -3067,7 +3067,7 @@ THREE.WebGLRenderer = function ( parameters ) {
 
 		} else if ( object instanceof THREE.Line ) {
 
-			var mode = ( object.type === THREE.LineStrip ) ? _gl.LINE_STRIP : _gl.LINES;
+			var mode = ( object.mode === THREE.LineStrip ) ? _gl.LINE_STRIP : _gl.LINES;
 
 			setLineWidth( material.linewidth );