English Explanatory Dictionary

modal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
  2. Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
  3. Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.
  4. In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.
  5. Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
  6. Relating to the statistical mode.
  7. Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
  8. Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
  9. Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
noun
  1. A modal proposition.
  2. A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
  3. A modal verb.
  4. A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
noun
  1. A semi-synthetic fabric, a very soft kind of rayon textile made from beech tree pulp and processed with chemicals.

Pronunciation

/ˈməʊdəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-modal.wav /ˈmoʊdəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-modal.wav /ˈməʉdəl/

Word forms

modal more modal most modal modals

Etymology

From Middle French modal, from Medieval Latin modālis (“pertaining to a mode”), from Latin modus (“mode”). Compare to French, Spanish, and Portuguese modal and Italian modale. By surface analysis, mod(e) + -al.

Synonyms

forming conditioning

Antonyms

modeless

Related words

mode model modeler moderate moderation moderator module modulus mood semimodal

Derived words

antimodal bimodal crossmodal eigenmodal extramodal heteromodal intermodal intramodal metamodal modal adverb modal auxiliary modal case modal filter modalise modalism modalist modality modalized modal jazz modal logic modally modal particle modal scale modal shift monomodal multimodal neomodal nonmodal plurimodal polymodal quadrimodal quasimodal submodal supramodal synchromodal transmodal trimodal unimodal double modal essive-modal micromodal modal stacking stacked modal

Translations

Dutch: modaal Dutch: modus- Finnish: modaalinen Galician: modal Hungarian: modális Polish: modalny Russian: ла́довый
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