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Molality vs Modality - What's the difference?

molality | modality |

As nouns the difference between molality and modality

is that molality is (chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent while modality is the fact of being modal.

molality

English

Noun

(molalities)
  • (chemistry) the concentration of a substance in solution, expressed as the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent

    • Synonyms

    * molal concentration

    See also

    * molarity * normality

    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)