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Definition of modality noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

modality

noun
 
/məʊˈdæləti/
 
/məʊˈdæləti/
(plural modalities)
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  1. [countable] (formal) the particular way in which something exists, is experienced or is done
    • They are researching a different modality of treatment for the disease.
  2. [uncountable] (linguistics) the idea expressed by modals
  3. [countable] (biology) the kind of senses that the body uses to experience things
    • the visual and auditory modalities
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin modalitas, from modalis, from Latin modus ‘measure’, from an Indo-European root shared by mete; compare with mood in its grammatical sense.
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