modal
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Mediaeval Latin modalis (“‘pertaining to a mode’”) < Latin modus (“‘mode’”); see mode. Compare to French, Spanish and Portuguese modal and Italian modale.
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- Rhymes: -əʊdəl
[edit] Adjective
modal (comparative more modal, superlative most modal)
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- of, or relating to a mode or modus
- (grammar) of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause
- (music) of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient - and in medieval ecclesiastical music
- (logic) of, or relating to the modality between propositions
- (statistics) relating to the statistical mode.
- (computer science) requiring immediate user interaction (often used as modal dialog or modal window)
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of, relating to, or describing a mode or modus
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of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause
of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided
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of, relating to, relating to the statistical mode
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[edit] Noun
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modal (plural modals)
- (logic) A modal proposition
- (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
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requiring immediate computer user interaction
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[edit] External links
- modal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- modal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Mediaeval Latin modalis, from Latin modus 'mode'.
[edit] Adjective
modal
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[edit] Noun
modal m. (plural modaux)
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Adjective
modal m. and f. (plural modales)
