modality

Plural: modalities

Noun

• A particular mode in which something exists or is experienced.
• a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
• verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
• a particular sense
• a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment
• The fact of being modal.
• The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.
• The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood
• A method of diagnosis or therapy.
• Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
• 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.
• The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
• The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes.
• The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a concept in Anthony Giddens's structuration theory).
• The quality of being limited by a condition.
• That whether a zodiac sign is cardinal, fixed or mutable

Examples

• Mastering the MODALITY of Scrabble involves understanding both luck and strategy.

Synonyms

mode, mood, sense modality, sensory system