Definitions for modalitymoʊˈdæl ɪ ti
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
mo•dal•i•tymoʊˈdæl ɪ ti(n.)(pl.)-ties.
the quality or state of being modal.
an attribute or circumstance that denotes mode or manner.
Category: Philosphy
Ref: Also called mode. 1 5 1
Med. a therapeutic method.
Category: Medicine
one of the primary forms of sensation, as vision or touch.
Origin of modality:
1610–20; < ML
Princeton's WordNet
modality, mode(noun)
a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
mood, mode, modality(noun)
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
modality, sense modality, sensory system(noun)
a particular sense
modality(noun)
a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
Wiktionary
modality(Noun)
the state of being modal
modality(Noun)
the classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode
modality(Noun)
the inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood
modality(Noun)
any method of therapy that involves therapeutic treatment
modality(Noun)
any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
modality(Noun)
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
modality(Noun)
the organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations
modality(Noun)
the subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes
modality(Noun)
a concept in Anthony Giddens structuration theory
Webster Dictionary
Modality(noun)
the quality or state of being modal
Modality(noun)
a modal relation or quality; a mode or point of view under which an object presents itself to the mind. According to Kant, the quality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or apodeictic
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