Modality

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Modality may refer to:

Humanities

• 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"

Linguistics

• Modality (semiotics), the channel by which signs are transmitted (oral, gesture, written)
• Linguistic modality, covering expressions of how something might be and should be, including expressions of necessity, permissibility and probability, and negations of these

Medicine

• Modality (therapy), a method of therapeutic approach
• Modality (diagnosis), a method of diagnosis
  • In medical imaging, any of the various types of equipment or probes used to acquire images of the body, such as radiography, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging
• Sensory modality, a type of physical phenomenon or stimulus that one can sense, such as temperature and sound

Science and technology

• 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 (computer interface), a distinct setting within a computer program or any physical machine interface

Other uses

• 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, a view that all possible worlds are as real as the actual world
• Modalities (trade negotiations), the formulas, targets, or specific measures used to accomplish objectives in trade negotiations

See also

• Mode (disambiguation)
• Modal (disambiguation)