'Modality' definitions:
Definition of 'modality'
From: WordNet
noun
A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility [syn: modality, mode]
noun
Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker [syn: mood, mode, modality]
noun
A particular sense [syn: modality, sense modality, sensory system]
noun
A method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
Definition of 'Modality'
From: GCIDE
- Modality \Mo*dal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. modalit['e].]
- 1. The quality or state of being modal. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Logic & Metaph.) 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'modality'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aesthetic form,
- archetype,
- art form,
- bearings,
- build,
- case,
- cast,
- circumstance,
- condition,
- configuration,
- conformation,
- cut,
- estate,
- fashion,
- figuration,
- figure,
- fix,
- footing,
- form,
- format,
- formation,
- frame,
- genre,
- impression,
- inner form,
- jam,
- layout,
- location,
- lot,
- make,
- makeup,
- matrix,
- mode,
- model,
- mold,
- pass,
- pattern,
- pickle,
- place,
- Platonic form,
- Platonic idea,
- plight,
- position,
- posture,
- predicament,
- prototype,
- rank,
- set,
- shape,
- significant form,
- situation,
- spot,
- stamp,
- standing,
- state,
- station,
- status,
- structure,
- style,
- turn,
- type