单词 | modal |
释义 | modal adj.   1. of or relating to mode or form as opposed to substance.   2. Gram. a of or denoting the mood of a verb. b (of an auxiliary verb, e.g. would) used to express the mood of another verb. c (of a particle) denoting manner.   3. Statistics of or relating to a mode; occurring most frequently in a sample or population.   4. Mus. denoting a style of music using a particular mode.   5. Logic (of a proposition) in which the predicate is affirmed of the subject with some qualification, or which involves the affirmation of possiblity, impossibility, necessity, or contingency. Derivatives modally adv. Etymology: med.L modalis f. L (as MODE) |
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