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Definition of Modality
1. Noun. A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility.
2. Noun. Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker.
Exact synonyms: Mode, Mood
Generic synonyms: Grammatical Relation
Specialized synonyms: Common Mood, Declarative, Declarative Mood, Fact Mood, Indicative, Indicative Mood, Subjunctive, Subjunctive Mood, Optative, Optative Mood, Imperative, Imperative Form, Imperative Mood, Jussive Mood, Interrogative, Interrogative Mood
Derivative terms: Modal, Modal
Generic synonyms: Grammatical Relation
Specialized synonyms: Common Mood, Declarative, Declarative Mood, Fact Mood, Indicative, Indicative Mood, Subjunctive, Subjunctive Mood, Optative, Optative Mood, Imperative, Imperative Form, Imperative Mood, Jussive Mood, Interrogative, Interrogative Mood
Derivative terms: Modal, Modal
3. Noun. A particular sense.
Exact synonyms: Sense Modality, Sensory System
Generic synonyms: Sensation, Sense, Sensory Faculty, Sentience, Sentiency
Specialized synonyms: Sight, Vision, Visual Modality, Visual Sense, Somatosense, Audition, Auditory Modality, Auditory Sense, Hearing, Sense Of Hearing, Gustation, Gustatory Modality, Sense Of Taste, Taste, Olfaction, Olfactory Modality, Sense Of Smell, Smell
Generic synonyms: Sensation, Sense, Sensory Faculty, Sentience, Sentiency
Specialized synonyms: Sight, Vision, Visual Modality, Visual Sense, Somatosense, Audition, Auditory Modality, Auditory Sense, Hearing, Sense Of Hearing, Gustation, Gustatory Modality, Sense Of Taste, Taste, Olfaction, Olfactory Modality, Sense Of Smell, Smell
4. Noun. A method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment.
Generic synonyms: Intervention, Treatment
Specialized synonyms: Diathermy
Group relationships: Physiatrics, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy
Specialized synonyms: Diathermy
Group relationships: Physiatrics, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy
Definition of Modality
1. n. The quality or state of being modal.
Definition of Modality
1. the state of being modal [n -TIES]
Medical Definition of Modality
1. A method of treatment. (16 Dec 1997)