modality

noun modalities

1. countable, uncountable The fact of being modal.
2. countable, uncountable The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.
3. countable, uncountable The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker.

   Similar: mood

4. countable, uncountable A method of diagnosis or therapy. If a port-wine stain has been treated with another modality, such as the argon, CO2, or KTP laser, electrocautery, radiation, or tattooing, FPDL treatment may provide less lightening and improvement.
5. countable, uncountable Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
6. countable, uncountable 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. countable, uncountable The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
8. countable, uncountable The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes.
9. countable, uncountable The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a concept in Anthony Giddens's structuration theory). Thus, the University budgeting system can be seen not only as modality in the reproduction of social structures, but also as an important means of meeting deeply rooted psychological needs for ontological security.
10. countable, uncountable The quality of being limited by a condition.
11. countable, uncountable That whether a zodiac sign is cardinal, fixed or mutable