modal
noun
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A modal proposition.
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A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
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(grammar) A modal verb.
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A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
adjective
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Of, or relating to a mode or modus
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(grammar) of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause
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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
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Of, or relating to the modality between propositions
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Relating to the statistical mode.
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Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
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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”
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Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes
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