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modality | x |

As a noun modality

is the fact of being modal.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

modality

English

Noun

(modalities)
  • the fact of being modal
  • (logic) the classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode
  • (linguistics) the inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood
  • (medicine) A method of diagnosis or therapy.
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  • Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
  • (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
  • (theology) the organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations
  • (music) the subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes
  • (sociology) a concept in structuration theory

    • See also

    * * (Linguistic modality)

    x

    Translingual

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    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

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