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modality


mo·dal·i·ty

M0361800 (mō-dăl′ĭ-tē)n. pl. mo·dal·i·ties 1. The fact, state, or quality of being modal.2. A tendency to conform to a general pattern or belong to a particular group or category.3. Logic The classification of propositions on the basis of whether they assert or deny the possibility, impossibility, contingency, or necessity of their content. Also called mode.4. modalities The ceremonial forms, protocols, or conditions that surround formal agreements or negotiations: "[He] grew so enthusiastic about our prospects that he began to speculate on the modalities of signing" (Henry A. Kissinger).5. Medicine A therapeutic method or agent, such as surgery, chemotherapy, or electrotherapy, that involves the physical treatment of a disorder.6. Physiology Any of the various types of sensation, such as vision or hearing.

modality

(məʊˈdælɪtɪ) n, pl -ties1. the condition of being modal2. a quality, attribute, or circumstance that denotes mode, mood, or manner3. (Logic) logic the property of a statement of being classified under one of the concepts studied by modal logic, esp necessity or possibility4. (Medicine) any physical or electrical therapeutic method or agency5. (Physiology) any of the five senses

mo•dal•i•ty

(moʊˈdæl ɪ ti)

n., pl. -ties. 1. the quality or state of being modal. 2. an attribute or circumstance that denotes mode or manner. 3. Also called mode. the classification of logical propositions according to whether they are contingently true or false, possible, impossible, or necessary. 4. Med. a therapeutic method. 5. one of the primary forms of sensation, as vision or touch. [1610–20; < Medieval Latin]
Thesaurus
Noun1.modality - a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibilitymodelogical relation - a relation between propositions
2.modality - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speakermood, modegrammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammarcommon mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood - a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective factsubjunctive, subjunctive mood - a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possibleoptative, optative mood - a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbsimperative, imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood - a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behaviorinterrogative mood, interrogative - some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
3.modality - a particular sensemodality - a particular sense sense modality, sensory systemsensory faculty, sentiency, sentience, sense, sensation - the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"visual modality, visual sense, vision, sight - the ability to see; the visual facultysomatosense - any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and painaudition, auditory modality, auditory sense, sense of hearing, hearing - the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste - the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; "his cold deprived him of his sense of taste"olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell - the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
4.modality - a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatmenttreatment, intervention - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)diathermy - a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currentsphysiatrics, physical therapy, physiotherapy - therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities
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модальность

Modality


Modality

 

in linguistics, a conceptual category expressing the purposefulness of speech, the relationship of a speaker to the content of his utterance, and the relationship of the content of the utterance to reality.

Modality may signify affirmation, command, desire, permission, truth, and unreality. It is expressed by various grammatical and lexical means: modal verbs (“may,” “should”; German sollen, konnen, wollen), other modal words (“perhaps,” “likely”), and intonational means. Different languages express the various meanings of modality in different ways. For example, English expresses the modality of unreality by means of a special conjugation, the subjunctive II (“If you had come in time, we would have been able to catch the train”). In Yagnobi, the forms of the present-future tense can have the modal nuances of indirect command, permission, invitation to action, and intention of doing something.


Modality

 

the mode of existence of some object or the mode of duration of some phenomenon (ontological modality) or the way of understanding or drawing conclusions about an object, phenomenon, or event (epistemological or logical modality).

The concept of modality, which goes back to Aristotle, was later used in classical philosophical systems. The words (terms) expressing different modal concepts are the object of linguistic study. The distinction between propositions according to modality, elaborated in classical logic by the students and commentators of Aristotle (such as Theophrastus and Eudemus of Rhodes), was further defined by the medieval Scholastics.

In modern logic and philosophy, I. Kant’s division of propositions into assertoric (judgments about reality), apodictic (judgments of necessity), and problematic (judgments of possibility) has become traditional. The generally accepted derivation of the proposition “A occurs” from “A is necessary” and the proposition “A is possible” from “A occurs” has become the foundation of work on modality in contemporary formal (mathematical) logic. Modalities pertaining to propositions or predicates are known as alethic, while modalities pertaining to words expressing actions and acts are called deontic.

Modalities are further divided into “absolute” and “relative,” according to the usual meaning of these terms. In contemporary modal logic and logical semantics, modality is also sometimes understood to include the concepts “true” and “false,” as well as “provable,” “unprovable,” and “refutable.”

IU. A. GASTEV

modality


modality

 [mo-dal´ĭ-te] 1. in homeopathy, a condition that modifies drug action; a condition under which symptoms develop, becoming better or worse.2. a method of application of, or the employment of, any therapeutic agent; limited usually to physical agents.3. a specific sensory entity, such as taste.

mo·dal·i·ty

(mō-dal'i-tē), Avoid the jargonistic use of this word as a synonym of method or treatment.1. A form of application or employment of a therapeutic agent or regimen. 2. Various forms of sensation, for example, touch, vision, etc. [Mediev. L. modalitas, fr. L. modus, a mode]

modality

(mō-dăl′ĭ-tē)n. pl. modali·ties 1. Medicine A therapeutic method or agent, such as surgery, chemotherapy, or electrotherapy, that involves the physical treatment of a disorder.2. Physiology Any of the various types of sensation, such as vision or hearing.

modality

Homeopathy
A general term for any factor that alleviates or aggravates a main symptom as an expression of the uniqueness of the individual.
Examples
Chest pain worsened by heat, by sitting, or at night.
 
Oncology
A manner or type of therapy, such as teletherapy, brachytherapy, hyperthermia and stereotactic radiation.

mo·dal·i·ty

(mō-dal'i-tē) 1. A form of application or employment of a therapeutic agent or regimen. 2. Various forms of sensation, e.g., touch, vision. [Mediev. L. modalitas, fr. L. modus, a mode]

modality

1. A type or mode, especially of sensation, of the senses or of medical treatment. 2. A quality that denotes mode, mood or manner.

Modality

A factor or circumstance that makes a patient's symptoms better or worse. Modalities include such factors as time of day, room temperature, the patient's level of activity, sleep patterns, etc.Mentioned in: Ipecac

modality

One of the types of sensation (e.g. vision). The term is usually used to specify the sense (e.g. the visual modality, the touch modality).

mo·dal·i·ty

(mō-dal'i-tē) 1. A form of application or employment of a therapeutic agent or regimen. 2. Various forms of sensation. [Mediev. L. modalitas, fr. L. modus, a mode]

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modality


Related to modality: treatment modality
  • noun

Synonyms for modality

noun a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

Synonyms

  • mode

Related Words

  • logical relation

noun verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

Synonyms

  • mood
  • mode

Related Words

  • grammatical relation
  • common mood
  • declarative
  • declarative mood
  • fact mood
  • indicative
  • indicative mood
  • subjunctive
  • subjunctive mood
  • optative
  • optative mood
  • imperative
  • imperative form
  • imperative mood
  • jussive mood
  • interrogative mood
  • interrogative

noun a particular sense

Synonyms

  • sense modality
  • sensory system

Related Words

  • sensory faculty
  • sentiency
  • sentience
  • sense
  • sensation
  • visual modality
  • visual sense
  • vision
  • sight
  • somatosense
  • audition
  • auditory modality
  • auditory sense
  • sense of hearing
  • hearing
  • gustation
  • gustatory modality
  • sense of taste
  • taste
  • olfaction
  • olfactory modality
  • sense of smell
  • smell

noun a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment

Related Words

  • treatment
  • intervention
  • diathermy
  • physiatrics
  • physical therapy
  • physiotherapy
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