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Definitions for Modal

[1] of or relating to mode, manner, or form.
[2] Music . pertaining to mode, as distinguished from key. based on a scale other than major or minor.
[3] Also single modal. Transportation . pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving only one form of a carrier, as truck, rail, or ship. Compare bimodal(def 3) , intermodal.
[4] Grammar . noting or pertaining to mood.
[5] Philosophy . pertaining to a mode of a thing, as distinguished from one of its basic attributes or from its substance or matter.
[6] Logic . exhibiting or expressing some phase of modality.
[7] modal auxiliary.
[8] of, relating to, or characteristic of mode or manner
[9] grammar (of a verb form or auxiliary verb) expressing a distinction of mood, such as that between possibility and actuality. The modal auxiliaries in English include can, could, may, must, need, ought, shall, should, will, and would
[10] philosophy logic qualifying or expressing a qualification of the truth of some statement, for example, as necessary or contingent relating to analogous qualifications such as that of rules as obligatory or permissive
[11] metaphysics of or relating to the form of a thing as opposed to its attributes, substance, etc
[12] music of or relating to a mode
[13] of or relating to a statistical mode

Words nearby Modal

mod, mod cons, mod., mod. praesc., modacrylic fiber, modal, modal auxiliary, modal logic, modality, modding, mode

Origin of Modal

From the Medieval Latin word modālis, dating back to 1560–70. See mode1, -al1

Other words from Modal

mod·al·ly , adverb
non·mod·al , adjective
non·mod·al·ly , adverb