Modality may refer to:

Humanities

  • Modality (theology), the organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations
  • Modality (music), in music, the subject concerning certain diatonic scales
  • Modalities (sociology), a concept in Anthony Giddens' structuration theory
  • Modal logic (philosophy), a form of logic which distinguishes between (logically) "necessary truths" and "contingent truths"

Linguistics

  • Grammatical mood, expressive element of a verb
  • Modality (semantics), the ways language can express various relationships to reality or truth
  • Modality (semiotics), the channel by which signs are transmitted (oral, gesture, written)

Medicine

  • Modality (therapy), a method of therapeutic approach
  • Modality (diagnosis), a method of diagnosis
  • Modality (medical imaging), acquiring structural or functional images of the body
  • Stimulus modality, a type of physical phenomenon or stimulus that one can sense, such as temperature and sound
  • Modality Partnership, a British primary care provider

Science and technology

  • Transportation modality, a mode of transport
  • Modality (human–computer interaction), a path of communication between the human and the computer, such as vision or touch
  • Mode (user interface), a distinct setting within a computer program or any physical machine interface
  • Stimulus modality, one aspect of a stimulus or what is perceived after a stimulus (e.g. light, sound, temperature, taste], pressure, or smell)

Pseudoscience

  • Modality (astrology)

Other uses

  • Multimedia learning
  • In advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419 scams), the method of funds transfers; often used as a key-word in scam baiting
  • Modal realism, the view that all possible worlds are as real as the actual world
  • Extended modal realism, the view that all worlds, possible as well as impossible, are as real as the actual world
  • Modalities (trade negotiations), the formulas, targets, or specific measures used to accomplish objectives in trade negotiations
  • Modality (book), a 2009 book by the semanticist Paul Portner

See also

  • Mode (disambiguation)
  • Modal (disambiguation)