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What does modal mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word modal? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. of, or relating to a mode or modus
  2. (grammar) of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause
  3. (music) 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. (logic) of, or relating to the modality between propositions
  5. (statistics) relating to the statistical mode.
  6. (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
  7. (graphical user interface) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed until a decision is made.
  8. (metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes
Noun
  1. (logic) A modal proposition
  2. (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
  3. (grammar) modal verb
  4. (graphical user interface) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
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