"polymodality" meaning in English

See polymodality in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: polymodalities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English modality English polymodality From poly- + modality. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|poly-|modality|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English modality English polymodality [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "fill", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pleh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*polh₁ús", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πολῠ́ς", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "poly-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "modality", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "polymodality", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="polymodality"> From poly- + modality. Head templates: {{en-noun}} polymodality (plural polymodalities)
  1. (music) The use of multiple modes in a piece if music
    Sense id: en-polymodality-en-noun--9BSuFx6 Categories (other): Music, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 66 34 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (mathematics) multimodality
    Sense id: en-polymodality-en-noun-qQ5s~aas Categories (other): Mathematics, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English terms prefixed with poly- Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 18 82 Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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