modal

中文： 模式的、情态的、调式的

1. Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
2. Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
3. 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.
4. In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.
5. Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
6. Relating to the statistical mode.
7. Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
8. Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made. · a modal dialog; a modal window