modality
/mədˈæləti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.81 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "If a port-wine stain has been treated with another modality, such as the argon, CO2, or KTP laser, electrocautery, radiation, or tattooing, FPDL treatment may provide less lightening and improvement."
- "The four major modalities used in patients with solid tumors are (a) surgery, (b) radiation therapy, (c) chemotherapy, and (d) immunotherapy"
- "Exercise training is a therapeutic modality that should be considered for all patients with ventricular dysfunction"
- "In general, pharmacotherapy is less effective as a single modality approach than psychotherapy when treating chronic depression with an Axis II disorder."
- "Thus, the University budgeting system can be seen not only as modality in the reproduction of social structures, but also as an important means of meeting deeply rooted psychological needs for ontological security."
- "Modalities of structuration, then, are simply ways in which rules and resources are knowingly used by people in interactions."
Etymology
Etymology tree French modal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itātemlbor. Old French -ité Middle French -ité French -ité French modalitébor. English modality Borrowed from French modalité.