modality

modality
    n 1: a classification of propositions on the basis of whether
         they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility [syn:
         {modality}, {mode}]
    2: verb inflections that express how the action or state is
       conceived by the speaker [syn: {mood}, {mode}, {modality}]
    3: a particular sense [syn: {modality}, {sense modality},
       {sensory system}]
    4: a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical
       therapeutic treatment
    

Modality \Mo*dal"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. modalit['e].]
   1. The quality or state of being modal.
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   2. (Logic & Metaph.) A modal relation or quality; a mode or
      point of view under which an object presents itself to the
      mind. According to Kant, the quality of propositions, as
      assertory, problematical, or apodeictic.
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61 Moby Thesaurus words for "modality":
      Platonic form, Platonic idea, aesthetic form, archetype, art form,
      bearings, build, case, cast, circumstance, condition,
      configuration, conformation, cut, estate, fashion, figuration,
      figure, fix, footing, form, format, formation, frame, genre,
      impression, inner form, jam, layout, location, lot, make, makeup,
      matrix, mode, model, mold, pass, pattern, pickle, place, plight,
      position, posture, predicament, prototype, rank, set, shape,
      significant form, situation, spot, stamp, standing, state, station,
      status, structure, style, turn, type