modality

UK: /məʊˈdælɪtɪ/ US: (mō dal′i tē)

Inflections of 'modality' (n): npl: modalities

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mo•dal•i•ty  (mō dal′i tē), n., pl. -ties. 

1. the quality or state of being modal.
2. an attribute or circumstance that denotes mode or manner.
3. Philosophy Also called mode. [Logic.] the classification of propositions according to whether they are contingently true or false, possible, impossible, or necessary.
4. Medicine the application of a therapeutic agent, usually a physical therapeutic agent.
5. one of the primary forms of sensation, as vision or touch.

• Medieval Latin modālitās. See modal, -ity
• 1610–20

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modality / məʊˈdælɪtɪ/ noun ( -ties)

1. the condition of being modal
2. a quality, attribute, or circumstance that denotes mode, mood, or manner
3. the property of a statement of being classified under one of the concepts studied by modal logic, esp necessity or possibility
4. any physical or electrical therapeutic method or agency
5. any of the five senses