English Dictionary

modality

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The fact of being modal. / (logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.

日本語の意味

（様相性）物事がモーダルであるという性質や状態を指す概念 / 論理学において、命題を可能性、非可能性、偶発性、必然性のいずれかに分類するもの

The modality expressed by the auxiliary verbs changes how certain statements are interpreted.

助動詞によって表される様相は、特定の文の解釈を変える。

意味（1）

The fact of being modal.

意味（2）

(logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.

意味（3）

(linguistics) The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood

意味（4）

(medicine) A method of diagnosis or therapy.

If a port-wine stain has been treated with another modality, such as the argon, CO2, or KTP laser, electrocautery, radiation, or tattooing, FPDL treatment may provide less lightening and improvement.

意味（5）

Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)

意味（6）

(semiotics) A particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre.

意味（7）

(theology) The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.

意味（8）

(music) The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes.

意味（9）

(sociology) The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a concept in Anthony Giddens's structuration theory).

Thus, the University budgeting system can be seen not only as modality in the reproduction of social structures, but also as an important means of meeting deeply rooted psychological needs for ontological security.

意味（10）

(law) The quality of being limited by a condition.

modalities （ plural ）