Modal

The word modal is related to mode and has several uses:

in logic, see modal logic
in linguistics in three different meanings: each for categories of expressions,
- concern the possibility / necessity , as in modal verb ; see also modality (linguistics)
- the way affect how in Modaladverb and Modalsatz
- which concern the subjective shade of a statement, as in modal particles
in programming, see dialog window #Modal and non- modal dialogs (English ' modal dialog ' )

In Computerized Numerical Control (CNC), modal means: A command is effective until another command in the same group is programmed.

in music theory

as a term for music based on the church keys (the modes ), see modal scales
jazz and flamenco sometimes for music stored on other, non-European, for example, scales and sound systems based
in jazz also for a certain playing style ( modal jazz )
in non-European musical traditions tonal systems such as dastgah , raga , maqam (music)
rarely used as a synonym for diatonic
rarely for certain guitar tunings in Irish music

for textiles as a textile fiber, see viscose fiber # modal fiber

in vibration theory for quantities and representations based on the natural vibrations of a system

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