modality

noun

mo·​dal·​i·​ty mō-ˈda-lə-tē 

plural modalities

1

a

: the quality or state of being modal

b

: a modal quality or attribute : form

2

: the classification of logical propositions (see proposition sense 1) according to their asserting or denying the possibility, impossibility, contingency, or necessity of their content

3

: one of the main avenues of sensation (such as vision)

4

: a usually physical therapeutic agency

Examples of modality in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This humanistic approach is often what helps establish sustainable and practical treatment modalities, rather than relying on answers that can simply be read out of a textbook and may be infeasible to implement. — Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Cell and gene therapies are only two of several new modalities that have more than tripled the ways diseases can be treated. — Roderick Wong, Fortune, 25 July 2026

Clinics and home users also turn to OPUS, Sound Oasis and the Vibrapod isolation accessory, while multi-modality pods like the ReGen Pod stack vibration with red light and PEMF in a single enclosure. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026

On the higher end, multi-modality recovery pods stack vibroacoustic vibration with red light and PEMF fields in a single enclosure. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1545, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for modality

• banality
• bestiality
• brutality
• carnality
• centrality
• chirality
• duality
• fatality
• finality
• formality
• frugality
• legality

Medical Definition

modality

noun

mo·​dal·​i·​ty mō-ˈdal-ət-ē 

plural modalities

1

: one of the main avenues of sensation (as vision)

2

a

: a usually physical therapeutic agency

b

: an apparatus for applying a modality