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Modality - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Modality : (noun)
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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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