(adj) relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution, Syn. average, Example:the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30

modal

(adj) of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode

modal

(adj) relating to or expressing the mood of a verb, Example:modal auxiliary

modal auxiliary verb

(n) an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality, Syn. modal verb, modal, modal auxiliary

modality

(n) a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility, Syn. mode

modality

(n) a particular sense, Syn. sense modality, sensory system

modality

(n) a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment

modal logic

(n) the logical study of necessity and possibility

modal logic

(n) a system of logic whose formal properties resemble certain moral and epistemological concepts

unimodal

(adj) having a single mode, Ant. bimodal

hearing

(n) the ability to hear; the auditory faculty, Syn. audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, sense of hearing, Example:his hearing was impaired

mode

(n) the most frequent value of a random variable, Syn. modal value

mood

(n) verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker, Syn. mode, modality

sight

(n) the ability to see; the visual faculty, Syn. visual modality, visual sense, vision

smell

(n) the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents, Syn. olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell

taste

(n) the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth, Syn. gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality, Example:his cold deprived him of his sense of taste

touch

(n) the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands), Syn. touch modality, sense of touch, cutaneous senses, skin senses, Example:only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us

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Alamodality

n. The quality of being à la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

bimodal

adj. (Statistics) having or occurring with two modes{ 9 }; having two maxima; -- of a curve or distribution. unimodal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

cross-modal

adj. (Grammar) relating to different sense modalities. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

cross-modality

n. (Grammar) ability to integrate information from different sense modalities. [ PJC ]

Modal

fld>(Gram.), n. A modal auxiliary. [ PJC ]

Modal

a. [ Cf. F. modal. See Mode. ] 1. 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. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Logic & Metaph.) Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought, such as the modes of possibility or obligation. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. (Gram.) Pertaining to or denoting mood. [ PJC ]

modal auxiliary

fld>(Gram.), n. Any one of the auxiliary verbs of English, such as can, may, will, shall, must, might, could, would, or should, which are used together with the infinitive form of another verb to express distinctions of mood{ 2 }, such as uncertainty, possibility, command, emphasis, and obligation. [ PJC ]

Modalist

n. (Theol.) One who regards Father, Son, and Spirit as modes of being, and not as persons, thus denying personal distinction in the Trinity. Eadie. [ 1913 Webster ]

Modality

n. [ Cf. F. modalité. ] 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 ]

modal logic

n. A system of logic which studies how to combine propositions which include the concepts of necessity, possibility, and obligation. [ PJC ]

Modally

adv. In a modal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

A compound proposition, the parts of which are united modally . . . by the particles “as” and “so.” Gibbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

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