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modality |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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 treatment
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