modality
noun /məʊˈdæləti/
/məʊˈdæləti/
(plural modalities)
- [countable] (formal) the particular way in which something exists, is experienced or is done
- They are researching a different modality of treatment for the disease.
- [uncountable] (linguistics) the idea expressed by modals
- [countable] (biology) the kind of senses that the body uses to experience things
- the visual and auditory modalities
Word Originearly 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.