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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Modality \Mo*dal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. modalit['e].]
     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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Modality \Mo*dal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. modalit['e].]
     1. The quality or state of being modal.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  modality
       n 1: a classification of propositions on the basis of whether
            they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
            [syn: mode]
       2: verb inflections that express how the action or state is
          conceived by the speaker [syn: mood, mode]
       3: a particular sense [syn: sense modality, sensory system]
       4: a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical
          therapeutic treatment

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  modality
     n.
     1 The fact of being modal.
     2 (lb en logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on
  whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity;
  mode.
     3 (lb en linguistics) The inflection of a verb that shows how its
  action is conceived by the speaker; mood
     4 (lb en medicine) A method of diagnosis or therapy.
     5 Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
     6 (lb en semiotics) 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.
     7 (lb en theology) The organization and structure of the church, as
  distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
     8 (lb en music) The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known
  as musical modes.
     9 (lb en sociology) The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of
  how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a
  concept in (w: Anthony Giddens)'s structuration theory).
     10 (lb en legal) The quality of being limited by a condition.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  modality
     n.
     1 The fact of being modal.
     2 (lb en logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on
  whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity;
  mode.
     3 (lb en linguistics) The inflection of a verb that shows how its
  action is conceived by the speaker; mood
     4 (lb en medicine) A method of diagnosis or therapy.
     5 Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
     6 (lb en semiotics) 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.
     7 (lb en theology) The organization and structure of the church, as
  distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
     8 (lb en music) The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known
  as musical modes.
     9 (lb en sociology) The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of
  how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a
  concept in (w: Anthony Giddens)'s structuration theory).
     10 (lb en legal) The quality of being limited by a condition.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  modality
     n.
     1 The fact of being modal.
     2 (lb en logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on
  whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity;
  mode.
     3 (lb en linguistics) The inflection of a verb that shows how its
  action is conceived by the speaker; mood
     4 (lb en medicine) A method of diagnosis or therapy.
     5 Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
     6 (lb en semiotics) 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.
     7 (lb en theology) The organization and structure of the church, as
  distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
     8 (lb en music) The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known
  as musical modes.
     9 (lb en sociology) The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of
  how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a
  concept in (w: Anthony Giddens)'s structuration theory).
     10 (lb en legal) The quality of being limited by a condition.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  modality
     n.
     1 The fact of being modal.
     2 (lb en logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on
  whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity;
  mode.
     3 (lb en linguistics) The inflection of a verb that shows how its
  action is conceived by the speaker; mood
     4 (lb en medicine) A method of diagnosis or therapy.
     5 Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
     6 (lb en semiotics) 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.
     7 (lb en theology) The organization and structure of the church, as
  distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
     8 (lb en music) The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known
  as musical modes.
     9 (lb en sociology) The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of
  how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a
  concept in (w: Anthony Giddens)'s structuration theory).
     10 (lb en legal) The quality of being limited by a condition.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  modality
     Englanti n.
     modaliteetti

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Modality /məʊdˈalɪti/
  القيد

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  modality /məʊdˈalɪti/ 
  modalita

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  modality /məʊdˈalɪti/
  Modalität , Art und Weise , Vorgehensweise , Ausführungsweise 
     Synonym: procedure
  
   see: modalities, procedures
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  modality /məʊdˈalɪti/
  Modalität  [ling.]

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  modality /məʊdˈalɪti/ 
  1. menetelmä
  method of diagnosis or therapy
  2. modaalisuus
  state of being modal

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  modality /məʊdˈalɪti/
  način

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  modality /məʊdˈalɪti/
  1. érzékelési csatorna
  2. jelzô
  3. jelleg
  4. módbeliség
  5. alakiság

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  modality /məʊdˈalɪti/ 
  modalidade

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  modality /məʊdˈalɪti/
  1. şekil, usul, tarz
  2. (man.) bir önermenin gerekliliğini, imkân veya imkansızlığını ifade eden hal
  3. (tıb.) tedavi usulü veya cihazı.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/məˈdæɫəti/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "modality":
     Platonic form, Platonic idea, aesthetic form, archetype, art form,
     bearings, build, case, cast, circumstance, condition,
     configuration, conformation, cut, estate, fashion, figuration,
     figure, fix, footing, form, format, formation, frame, genre,
     impression, inner form, jam, layout, location, lot, make, makeup,
     matrix, mode, model, mold, pass, pattern, pickle, place, plight,
     position, posture, predicament, prototype, rank, set, shape,
     significant form, situation, spot, stamp, standing, state, station,
     status, structure, style, turn, type
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 样式,形式,形态;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 样式,形式,形态

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