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RELATED WORDS : auditory modality gustatory modality olfactory modality sense modality touch modality visual modality

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Noun modality has 4 senses

• modality(n = noun.linkdef) mode - a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility; Array
is a kind of logical relation

• modality(n = noun.linkdef) mode, mood - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker; Array
is a kind of grammatical relation
has particulars: common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood, subjunctive, subjunctive mood, optative, optative mood, imperative, imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood, interrogative, interrogative mood
Derived form adjective modal₃

• modality(n = noun.cognition) sense modality, sensory system - a particular sense; Array
is a kind of sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency
has particulars: sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense, somatosense, audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, hearing, sense of hearing, gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste, olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell

• modality(n = noun.act) Array - a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment; Array
is a kind of intervention, treatment
has particulars: diathermy
is a part of physiatrics, physical therapy, physiotherapy

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modality

Platonic form, Platonic idea, aesthetic form, archetype, art form, bearings, build, case, cast, circumstance, condition, configuration, conformation, cut, estate, fashion, figuration, figure, fix, footing, form, format, formation, frame, genre, impression, inner form, jam, layout, location, lot, make, makeup, matrix, mode, model, mold, pass, pattern, pickle, place, plight, position, posture, predicament, prototype, rank, set, shape, significant form, situation, spot, stamp, standing, state, station, status, structure, style, turn, type

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State

N state, condition, category, estate, lot, ease, trim, mood, pickle, plight, temper, aspect, dilemma, pass, predicament, constitution, habitude, diathesis, frame, fabric, stamp, set, fit, mold, mould, mode, modality, schesis, form, tone, tenor, turn, trim, guise, fashion, light, complexion, style, character, conditional, modal, formal, structural, organic, conditionally, as the matter stands, as things are, such being the case.

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