Modality

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Modality may refer to:

• Modality (theology), the organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations
• Modality (music), in music, the subject concerning certain diatonic scales
• Modalities (sociology), a concept in Anthony Giddens' structuration theory
• Modal logic (philosophy), a form of logic which distinguishes between (logically) "necessary truths" and "contingent truths"

• Modality (linguistics), the ways language can express various relationships to reality or truth
• Modality (semiotics), the channel by which signs are transmitted (oral, gesture, written)

• Modality (therapy), a method of therapeutic approach
• Modality (diagnosis), a method of diagnosis
• Modality (medical imaging), acquiring structural or functional images of the body
• Stimulus modality, a type of physical phenomenon or stimulus that one can sense, such as temperature and sound
• Modality Partnership, a British primary care provider

• Transportation modality, a mode of transport
• Modality (human–computer interaction), a path of communication between the human and the computer, such as vision or touch
• Mode (user interface), a distinct setting within a computer program or any physical machine interface
• Stimulus modality, one aspect of a stimulus or what is perceived after a stimulus (e.g. light, sound, temperature, taste], pressure, or smell)

• Modality (astrology)

• Multimedia learning
• In advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419 scams), the method of funds transfers; often used as a key-word in scam baiting
• Modal realism, the view that all possible worlds are as real as the actual world
• Extended modal realism, the view that all worlds, possible as well as impossible, are as real as the actual world
• Modalities (trade negotiations), the formulas, targets, or specific measures used to accomplish objectives in trade negotiations
• Modality (book), a 2009 book by the semanticist Paul Portner

• Mode (disambiguation)
• Modal (disambiguation)

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