Modality

Modality may refer to:

Humanities

 * Modality (theology), the organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations
 * Modality (music), in music, the subject concerning certain diatonic scales
 * Modalities (sociology), a concept in Anthony Giddens' structuration theory
 * Modal logic (philosophy), a form of logic which distinguishes between (logically) "necessary truths" and "contingent truths"

Linguistics

 * Modality (linguistics), the ways language can express various relationships to reality or truth
 * Modality (semiotics), the channel by which signs are transmitted (oral, gesture, written)

Medicine

 * Modality (therapy), a method of therapeutic approach
 * Modality (diagnosis), a method of diagnosis
 * Modality (medical imaging), acquiring structural or functional images of the body
 * Stimulus modality, a type of physical phenomenon or stimulus that one can sense, such as temperature and sound
 * Modality Partnership, a British primary care provider

Science and technology

 * Transportation modality, a mode of transport
 * Modality (human–computer interaction), a path of communication between the human and the computer, such as vision or touch
 * Mode (user interface), a distinct setting within a computer program or any physical machine interface
 * Stimulus modality, one aspect of a stimulus or what is perceived after a stimulus (e.g. light, sound, temperature, taste], pressure, or smell)

Pseudoscience

 * Modality (astrology)

Other uses

 * Multimedia learning
 * In advance fee fraud (Nigerian 419 scams), the method of funds transfers; often used as a key-word in scam baiting
 * Modal realism, the view that all possible worlds are as real as the actual world
 * Extended modal realism, the view that all worlds, possible as well as impossible, are as real as the actual world
 * Modalities (trade negotiations), the formulas, targets, or specific measures used to accomplish objectives in trade negotiations
 * Modality (book), a 2009 book by the semanticist Paul Portner