modal

Meanings

Adjective

• of, or relating to a mode or modus
• of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause
• 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
• of, or relating to the modality between propositions
• relating to the statistical mode.
• Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
• Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
• Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes

Noun

• A modal proposition.
• A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
• A modal verb.
• A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.

Related

Similar words

• forming
• conditioning

Origin

• From Middle French modal, from Medieval Latin modalis, from Latin modus; see mode. Compare to French, Spanish and Portuguese modal and Italian modale.