modality
/məʊˈdælətɪ/noun
(pl. -ies)
1
- mass noun modal quality调式：
the harmony had a touch of modality.
这和声是有一点调式的。
2
- a particular mode in which something exists or is experienced or expressed形式, 样式, 形态, 方式。
2.1
- a particular method or procedure方法, 手段; 步骤：
they addressed questions concerning the modalities of Soviet troop withdrawals.
他们着手应对有关苏联军队撤离步骤的问题。
2.2
- a particular form of sensory perception感觉模式：
the visual and auditory modalities.
视听模式。
词源
early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin modalitas, from modalis （see MODAL）.