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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Modality \Mo*dal"i*ty\, noun [Cf. F. modalit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being modal.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
modality
noun
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
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "modality": Platonic form, Platonic idea, aesthetic form, archetype, art form, bearings, build, case, cast, circumstance, condition, configuration, conformation, cut, estate, fashion, figuration, figure, fix, footing, form, format, formation, frame, genre, impression, inner form, jam, layout, location, lot, make, makeup, matrix, mode, model, mold, pass, pattern, pickle, place, plight, position, posture, predicament, prototype, rank, set, shape, significant form, situation, spot, stamp, standing, state, station, status, structure, style, turn, type
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