Definition of modals Modals

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What does modals mean?

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Adjective modal, modaller, modallest
modal - relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
		average
		normal conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"
		statistics a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
modal - relating to or expressing the mood of a verb; "modal auxiliary"
modal - of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode

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modal (Noun)
A modal proposition.
modal (Noun)
A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
modal (Adjective)
Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
modal (Adjective)
Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
modal (Adjective)
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.
modal (Adjective)
Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
modal (Adjective)
Relating to the statistical mode.
modal (Adjective)
Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
modal (Adjective)
Requiring immediate user interaction.
modal (Adjective)
Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.

modal (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.
modal (a.)
Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought.