modality

modality
(pl. -ies)
  1. [mass noun]modal quality
    调式
    the harmony had a touch of modality.
    这和声是有一点调式的。
  2. a particular mode in which something exists or is experienced or expressed
    形式,样式,形态,方式
    ■a particular method or procedure
    方法,手段;步骤
    they addressed questions concerning the modalities of Soviet troop withdrawals.
    他们着手应对有关苏联军队撤离步骤的问题。
    ■a particular form of sensory perception
    感觉模式
    the visual and auditory modalities.
    视听模式。
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin modalitas, from modalis (see modal)
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