modal

1. 1

   Of, or relating to a mode or modus.

2. 2

   Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.

3. 3

   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.

4. 4

   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.; In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.broadly

5. 5

   Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.

6. 6

   Relating to the statistical mode.

7. 7

   Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.

8. 8

   Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.

   • a modal dialog; a modal window
9. 9

   Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.

syn. forming · conditioning

1. 1

   A modal (etymology 1, adjective sense 4) proposition.

2. 2

   A modal (etymology 1, adjective sense 2) form, notably a modal auxiliary.

3. 3

   A modal verb.

   • Using the same type of distributional criterion, we could argue that only a Verb (in its base form) can occur in the position marked — in (23) below to complete the sentence: (23) They/it can — [...] Conversely, the only type of word which
4. 4

   A modal (etymology 1, adjective sense 7) window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.

   • Modal screen elements are subtrees which, when activated, disable all elements external to them. Examples of modals are yes-no message boxes and the application itself.

1. 1

   A semi-synthetic fabric, a very soft kind of rayon textile made from beech tree pulp and processed with chemicals.uncountable