Modality

What do we mean by modality?

The fact, state, or quality of being modal. noun

A tendency to conform to a general pattern or belong to a particular group or category. noun

The classification of propositions on the basis of whether they assert or deny the possibility, impossibility, contingency, or necessity of their content. noun

The ceremonial forms, protocols, or conditions that surround formal agreements or negotiations. noun

A therapeutic method or agent, such as surgery, chemotherapy, or electrotherapy, that involves the physical treatment of a disorder. noun

Any of the various types of sensation, such as vision or hearing. noun

In psychology: noun

The nature or character of sensation or stimulus as determined by the sense-department to which it belongs or appeals: a term proposed by Helmholtz, to avoid a confusing use of quality. noun

Hence— the sense-department itself: as, sensations of different modalities. noun

The fact of being a mode. noun

A determination of an accident; a mode. noun

Mode in the logical sense; that wherein problematical, assertoric, and apodictic judgments are distinguished. noun

In civil law, the quality of being limited as to time or place of performance, or, more loosely, of being suspended by a condition: said of a promise. noun

5. Same as modalism. noun

The quality or state of being modal. 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. noun

The state of being modal noun

The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode noun

The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood noun

Any method of therapy that involves therapeutic treatment noun

The fact of being modal.

The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.

The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood

A method of diagnosis or therapy.

Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)

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.

The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.

The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes.

The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a concept in Anthony Giddens' structuration theory).

The quality of being limited by a condition.

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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word modality:
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Words that rhyme with modality:
personality, hospitality, vitality, morality, mortality, plurality, bestiality, functionality, confidentiality, mentality, nationality, locality, municipality, speciality, commonality, formality, extraterritoriality, duality, sexuality, collegiality, banality, practicality, spirituality, criticality, immorality, fatality, frugality, abnormality, punctuality, individuality, venality, eventuality, impartiality, immortality, materiality, geniality, partiality, rationality, totality, principality, finality, originality, congeniality, legality, technicality, brutality, neutrality, tonality, liberality, normality, instrumentality, centrality, generality, sentimentality, universality, virtual reality, sexual immorality, proportionality, criminality, constitutionality, impersonality, triviality, lethality, conditionality, informality, dimensionality, seasonality, heterosexuality, irrationality, bisexuality, unreality, in reality, cult of personality, illegality, infant mortality, musicality, theatricality, split personality, multiple personality, sexual morality, anal personality, psychopathic personality, cyclicality, oral personality, genital personality, without formality, congenital abnormality, genetic abnormality, as a formality, with formality, ballot he, palette he, pallet he.

Adjectives that are often used to describe modality:
sensory, therapeutic, primary, new, visual, diagnostic, single, epistemic, particular, effective, auditory, preferred, important, specific, only, best, deontic, useful, appropriate, major, initial, sensitive, cross, excellent, multi, alternative, noninvasive, sole, dominant, tactile, perceptual, ineluctable, subjective, ideal, objective, promising, valuable, standard, verbal, accurate, dynamic, dual, principal, logical, invasive, powerful, optimal, combined, safe, manual, oriented, adjunctive, curative, fourth, viable, surgical, temporal, available, gestural, unique, line, definitive, oral, cognitive, functional, reliable, kinesthetic, alethic, primitive, metaphysical, linguistic.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective modality:
therapy, treatment, matching, approach, registration, imaging, validation, specific, perception, integration, arm, comparison, group, priming, scaling, study, program, research, systems, fusion, aspect, facilitation, images, perspective, regimen, orientation, inhibition, suppression, programs, generalization, convergence, interaction, setting, match, repetition, management, impairment, experiment, processing, presentation, demonstration, stimulation, replication, approaches, orienting, comparisons, paradigm, interference, procedure.

Words that sound like modality:
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