modalities

Noun

modality (countable and uncountable, plural modalities)

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

   Synonyms:

   mood

4. 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.2001, Gregory Keller, Victor Lacombe, Lasers in Aesthetic Surgery, page 188
5. Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
6. 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.

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