modal
- Adjective. of, or relating to a mode or modus.
- Adjective. (grammar) of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
- Adjective. (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.
- Adjective. (logic) of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
- Adjective. (statistics) relating to the statistical mode.
- Adjective. (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
- Adjective. (computer science) requiring immediate user interaction (often used as ''modal dialog'' or ''modal window'').
- Noun. (logic) A modal proposition.
- Noun. (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
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