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modality
noun mo·dal·i·ty \mō-ˈda-lə-tē\
plural mo·dal·i·ties
Definition of MODALITY
2
: the classification of logical propositions according to their asserting or denying the possibility, impossibility, contingency, or necessity of their content
3
: one of the main avenues of sensation (as vision)
4
: a usually physical therapeutic agency
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First Known Use of MODALITY
1545
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Rhymes with MODALITY
anality, banality, brutality, carnality, causality, centrality, extrality, fatality, feudality, finality, formality, frontality, frugality, legality, lethality, locality, mentality, morality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, rascality, reality, regality, rurality, sodality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality
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modality
noun mo·dal·i·ty \mō-ˈdal-ət-ē\
plural mo·dal·i·ties
Medical Definition of MODALITY
1
: one of the main avenues of sensation (as vision)
2
a : a usually physical therapeutic agency b : an apparatus for applying a modality
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