MODALITY


Meaning of MODALITY in English

/ məʊˈdæləti; NAmE moʊˈd-/ noun ( pl. -ies )

1.

[ C ] ( formal ) the particular way in which sth exists, is experienced or is done :

They are researching a different modality of treatment for the disease.

2.

[ U ] ( linguistics ) the idea expressed by modals

3.

[ C ] ( biology ) the kind of senses that the body uses to experience things :

the visual and auditory modalities

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WORD ORIGIN

early 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.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.