modal
Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
Other meanings
Of, relating to, or describing the of a clause.
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.
Synonyms
- average
Word history
From Latin "modus" (mode).
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