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Definition of Modal

1. Adjective. Relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution. "The modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"

2. Noun. An auxiliary verb (such as 'can' or 'will') that is used to express modality.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode.

4. Adjective. Relating to or expressing the mood of a verb. "Modal auxiliary"

Definition of Modal

1. a. Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality.

Definition of Modal

1. Adjective. of, or relating to a mode or modus ¹

2. Adjective. (grammar) of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause ¹

3. Adjective. (music) of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient - and in medieval ecclesiastical music ¹

4. Adjective. (logic) of, or relating to the modality between propositions ¹

5. Adjective. (statistics) relating to the statistical mode. ¹

6. Adjective. (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects. ¹

7. Adjective. (computer science) requiring immediate user interaction (often used as ''modal dialog'' or ''modal window'') ¹

8. Noun. (logic) A modal proposition ¹

9. Noun. (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Modal

1. a verb used with other verbs to express mood or taste [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Modal

mocque mocs moctezumite mocuck mocucks mocuddum mocuddums mod.F. mod con mod cons

mod man mod men modacrylic modacrylics modafinil modal (current term) modal(a) modal alteration modal auxiliaries modal auxiliary

modal case modal cases modal logic modal scale modal stacking modal value modal verb modal verbs modalise modalised

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