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Definitions from Wiktionary (modal)

adjective:  Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
adjective:  (grammar) Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
adjective:  (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.
adjective:  (of music, by extension) In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.
adjective:  (logic) Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
adjective:  (statistics) Relating to the statistical mode.
adjective:  (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
adjective:  (graphical user interface) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
adjective:  (metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
noun:  (logic) A modal proposition.
noun:  (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
noun:  (grammar) A modal verb.
noun:  (graphical user interface) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
noun:  (fabric) A semi-synthetic fabric, a very soft kind of rayon textile made from beech tree pulp and processed with chemicals.
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