modality

1. A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility (synset 113824846)
   is a type of: logical relation - a relation between propositions
   same as: mode
2. Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker (synset 113823636)
   is a type of: grammatical relation - a linguistic relation established by grammar
   subtypes:

   • common mood, declarative, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood - a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
   • subjunctive, subjunctive mood - a mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
   • optative, optative mood - a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
   • imperative, imperative form, imperative mood, jussive mood - a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior
   • interrogative, interrogative mood - some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood
   same as: mode, mood
3. A particular sense (synset 105660241)
   is a type of: sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency - the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
   subtypes:

   • sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense - the ability to see; the visual faculty
   • somatosense - any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain
   • audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, hearing, sense of hearing - the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
   • gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste - the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
   • olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell - the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
   same as: sense modality, sensory system
4. A method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment (synset 100663090)
   is a type of: intervention, treatment - care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)
   subtypes: diathermy - a method of physical therapy that involves generating local heat in body tissues by high-frequency electromagnetic currents
   is a part of: physiatrics, physical therapy, physiotherapy - therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities

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