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