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English Dictionary: modal by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
modal
adj
  1. relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30"
    Synonym(s): modal(a), average
  2. of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
  3. relating to or expressing the mood of a verb; "modal auxiliary"
n
  1. an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to express modality
    Synonym(s): modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary, modal verb, modal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Modal \Mo"dal\, a. [Cf. F. modal. See {Mode}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or
            form only; relating to form; having the form without the
            essence or reality. --Glanvill.
  
      2. (Logic & Metaph.) Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode
            of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   modal
  
      1. (Of an interface) Having {mode}s.   Modeless interfaces are
      generally considered to be superior because the user does not
      have to remember which mode he is in.
  
      2. See {modal logic}.
  
      3. In {MS Windows} programming, A window with the label
      "WS_MODAL" will stay on the screen and claim all the
      user-input.   Other windows can only be accessed if the MODAL
      window is closed.   Such a window would typically be used for
      an error {dialog box} to warn the user for something
      important, like "Critical error, shut down the system and
      restart".
  
      (1995-02-07)
  
  
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