modality in English dictionary

  • modality

    Meanings and definitions of "modality"

    • the state of being modal
    • (logic) the classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode
    • (linguistics) the inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood
    • (medicine) any method of therapy that involves therapeutic treatment
    • any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
    • (semiotics) a particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre
    • (theology) the organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations
    • (music) the subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes
    • (sociology) a concept in Anthony Giddens structuration theory
    • noun
      The fact of being modal
    • noun
      (logic)
      The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode
    • noun
      (linguistics)
      The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood
    • noun
      (medicine)
      A method of diagnosis or therapy.
    • noun
      Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
    • noun
      (semiotics)
      A particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre
    • noun
      (theology)
      The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations
    • noun
      (music)
      The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes
    • noun
      (sociology)
      A concept in Anthony Giddens structuration theory
    • state of being modal
    • classification of propositions; mode
    • In the topology of a VidPN, the collection of mode sets for all the sources and targets.
    • Quality, way of being.
    • noun
      a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
    • noun
      a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
    • noun
      a particular sense
    • noun
      verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

    Synonyms of "modality" in English dictionary

    logical relation, sensation, mood are the top synonyms of "modality" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of modality

    • modality ( plural  modalities)
    • modality (plural modalities)
  • Modality

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