modal
IPA: mˈoʊdʌɫ
noun
- (logic) A modal proposition.
- (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
- (grammar) A modal verb.
- (graphical user interface) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
adjective
- Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
- (grammar) Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
- (music) Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.
- (logic) Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
- (statistics) Relating to the statistical mode.
- (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
- (graphical user interface) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
- (metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
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Examples of "modal" in Sentences
- Modality, by modality, if you please.
- The first formalizations of modal logic were axiomatic.
- The greater the length, the greater the modal dispersion.
- The final modality of the inner consciousness is enthusiasm.
- Contingency has to do with the modal status of moral truths.
- Modal formulas without modal operators have a modal depth of zero.
- Cross modal plasticity has also been reported in the brains of the deaf.
- Sensory modality is the channel or conduit for the induction of the trance.
- The logical contradiction involves the modals of necessity and sufficiency.
- In subordinate clauses, the modal auxiliary follows the perfect participle.
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