Definition of modalities Modalities

/mʌdæˈlʌtiz/ - [mudatluteez] -

We found 3 definitions of modalities from 2 different sources.

What does modalities mean?

Wiktionary

modalities (Noun)
Plural of modality.

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modalities, noun, plural of modality.

WordNet

Noun Plural: modalities
modality - a particular sense
		sense modality, sensory system
		sensory faculty, sentiency, sentience, sensation, sense the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; "gave sentience to slugs and newts"- Richard Eberhart
		visual modality, visual sense, vision, sight the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light"
		somatosense any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain
		auditory modality, auditory sense, sense of hearing, audition, hearing a test of the suitability of a performer
		gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; "a wine tasting"
modality - a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
		treatment, intervention care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
		physiatrics, physical therapy, physiotherapy therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities
modality - a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
		mode
modality - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
		mood, mode
		grammatical relation a linguistic relation established by grammar
		common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
		subjunctive, subjunctive mood a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
		optative, optative mood a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
		imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood, imperative a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior

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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.
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 scale s known as musical modes.
modality (Noun)
A concept in Anthony Giddens structuration theory.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

modality (n.)
The quality or state of being modal.
modality (n.)
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.