modality

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The fact of being modal. countable,uncountable
  2. The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode. countable,uncountable
  3. The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker. countable,uncountable
  4. A method of diagnosis or therapy. countable,uncountable
    — If a port-wine stain has been treated with another modality, such as the argon, CO2, or KTP laser, electrocautery, radiation, or tattooing, FPDL treatment may provide less lightening and improvement.
  5. Any of the senses (such as sight or taste) countable,uncountable
  6. 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. countable,uncountable
  7. The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations. countable,uncountable
  8. The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes. countable,uncountable
  9. The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a concept in Anthony Giddens's structuration theory). countable,uncountable
    — Thus, the University budgeting system can be seen not only as modality in the reproduction of social structures, but also as an important means of meeting deeply rooted psychological needs for ontological security.
  10. The quality of being limited by a condition. countable,uncountable
  11. That whether a zodiac sign is cardinal, fixed or mutable countable,uncountable

词形变化

modalities plural

词汇关系

衍生词
intermodality monomodality multimodality polymodality quadrimodality submodality

词源

Etymology tree
French modal
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itātemlbor.
Old French -ité
Middle French -ité
French -ité
French modalitébor.
English modality
Borrowed from French modalité.
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