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

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