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词条 Modality
释义

  1. Humanities

  2. Linguistics

  3. Medicine

  4. Science and technology

  5. Pseudoscience

  6. Other uses

  7. See also

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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 (semiotics), the channel by which signs are transmitted (oral, gesture, written)
  • Linguistic modality, covering expressions of how something might be and should be, including expressions of necessity, permissibility and probability, and negations of these

Medicine

  • Modality (therapy), a method of therapeutic approach
  • Modality (diagnosis), a method of diagnosis
  • Modality (medical imaging), a type of equipment used to acquire structural or functional images of the body, such as radiography, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and visible light
  • Stimulus modality, a type of physical phenomenon or stimulus that one can sense, such as temperature and sound

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

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, a view that all possible worlds 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)
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