Modal

Modal

Modal may refer to:

  • Modal (textile), a textile made from spun Beechwood cellulose fiber
  • Modal analysis, the study of the dynamic properties of structures under vibrational excitation
  • Modal bandwidth, in the discipline of telecommunications, refers to the signalling rate per distance unit
  • Modal haplotype, an ancestral haplotype derived from the DNA test results of a specific group of people
  • Modal jazz, jazz that uses musical modes rather than chord progressions as a harmonic framework
  • Modal logic, a type of formal logic that extends the standards of formal logic to include the elements of modality
  • Modal matrix, used in the diagonalization process involving eigenvalues and eigenvectors
  • Modal phenomena
  • Modal administration, used in Federal Agencies to describe sub-offices or "modes"
  • Modal transportation, used in transit to describe multiple modes of transit available such as bus, trolley, train, ferry
  • Modal score, used in testing and education for the most common score
  • Modal verb, a type of auxiliary verb that is used to indicate modality
  • Modal window, a child window that requires users to interact with it before they can return to operating the parent application
  • Mode (disambiguation)
  • Modality (disambiguation)
  • Musical mode, a concept that involves scale and melody type

See also

  • All pages beginning with "Modal"

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  • modal — modal …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • modal — modal, ale, aux [ mɔdal, o ] adj. et n. f. • 1546; de 2. mode ♦ Du mode. 1 ♦ Philos. Vx Qui a rapport aux modes de la substance. Existence modale. Logique modale. ⇒ 2. mode. 2 ♦ Gramm. Relatif aux modes des verbes. Forme, valeur modale. 3 ♦ Mus.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • modal — MODÁL, Ă, modali, e, adj. 1. (gram.) Care aparţine modului (2), care se referă la mod, care exprimă modul. 2. (gram.) Care se referă la mod (1), care indică modul; de mod. 3. (muz.) Care se referă la mod (3), care aparţine modului. – Din fr.… …   Dicționar Român

  • modal — [mōd′ l] adj. [ML modalis < L modus,MODE] 1. of or indicating a mode or mood 2. Gram. of or expressing mood [a modal auxiliary] 3. a) Jazz of or relating to compositions or improvisations based on an arrangement of modes rather than a series… …   English World dictionary

  • Modal — Mo dal, a. [Cf. F. modal. See {Mode}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. (Logic & Metaph.) Indicating, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Modal — Mo dal(Gram.), n. A modal auxiliary. [PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • modal — modal, ale (mo dal, da l ) adj. 1°   Terme de philosophie. Qui concerne la modalité. Les accidents modaux. •   Il s ensuit que je ne mourrai pas tout entier, et qu une grande partie de moi même échappera à la ruine de mon existence modale,… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • modal — UK US /ˈməʊdəl/ adjective [before noun] ► used to describe the number or value which appears most often in a particular set: »There are rates of 5, 10, 20, 40 and 70%, the modal rate being 10% …   Financial and business terms

  • modal — (adj.) 1560s, term in logic, from M.Fr. modal and directly from M.L. modalis of or pertaining to a mode, from L. modus measure, manner, mode (see MODE (Cf. mode) (n.1)). Musical sense is from 1590s …   Etymology dictionary

  • modal — adjetivo 1. Área: gramática Del modo gramatical: perífrasis modal. sustantivo masculino 1. (en plural) Gestos, comportamientos, expresiones habituales de una persona, considerados desde el punto de vista de su corrección o elegancia social: Sus… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

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