Editing Modality

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'''Modality''' may refer to:

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==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==
* [[Modality (linguistics)]], 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)|''Modality'' (book)]], a 2009 book by the semanticist Paul Portner

==See also==
* [[Mode (disambiguation)]]
* [[Modal (disambiguation)]]

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