Modality Definition & Meaning

modality
noun
  1. a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
  2. verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
  3. a particular sense
  4. a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment

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