Modal (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. of or relating to mode, manner, or form.
  2. Music.
    • relating to mode, as distinguished from key.
    • based on a scale other than major or minor.
  3. relating to or suitable for transportation involving only one form of a carrier, such as truck, rail, or ship.
  4. being or relating to mood.
  5. relating to a mode of a thing, as distinguished from one of its basic attributes or from its substance or matter.
  6. relating to the mode, the value that occurs most frequently in a particular data set, population, etc.
  7. exhibiting or expressing some phase of modality.
noun
  1. modal auxiliary.
noun
  1. a type of rayon made from the pulp of hardwood trees, especially beech.
adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of mode or manner
  2. (of a verb form or auxiliary verb) expressing a distinction of mood, such as that between possibility and actuality. The modal auxiliaries in English include can, could, may, must, need, ought, shall, should, will, and would
  3. philosophy logic
    • qualifying or expressing a qualification of the truth of some statement, for example, as necessary or contingent
    • relating to analogous qualifications such as that of rules as obligatory or permissive
  4. of or relating to the form of a thing as opposed to its attributes, substance, etc
  5. of or relating to a mode
  6. of or relating to a statistical mode
Modal (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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