Of or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also. · Forming nouns, especially of verbal action.
From Middle French modal, from Medieval Latin modālis (“pertaining to a mode”), from Latin modus (“mode”). Compare to French, Spanish, and Portuguese modal and Italian modale. By surface analysis, mod(e) + -al.
(music) Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medievalecclesiastical
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(fabric) A semi-synthetic fabric, a very soft kind of rayontextile made from beech tree pulp and processed with chemicals.
(computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
(graphical user interface) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
(metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.