Found 2 items, similar to Modality.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: modality 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 or electrical therapeutic treatment
English → English (gcide) Definition: Modality Modality \Mo*dal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. modalit['e].] 1. The quality or state of being modal. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]