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modal
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[ adjective ] (statistics) relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
Synonyms Examples "the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30" Used in print (S. Idell Pyle, et al., Onsets, Completions, and...)It is convenient to classify a child 's onset ages and completion ages as `` advanced '' , `` moderate '' ( modal ) , or `` delayed '' according_to whether the child 's age equivalent `` dots '' appeared to the left of , upon , or to the right of the appropriate short transverse line . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)Nevertheless , for most_of the population of heterogeneous advanced societies , though less for the less religious portion , religion does perform certain modal individual and social functions . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (music) of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
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[ adjective ] relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
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