sense modality
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- noun
- /sɛns mɒdˈælɪti/
- Specialized
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modalidad sensorial
- Sight is one of the most important sense modalities for learning and navigating the world.
Examples
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Some sense modalities appear better suited to the experience of absorption than others.
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On the other hand, some sense modalities may function in a straight pedestrian manner, neither being enhanced nor diminished.
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Other sense modalities do not have the variety of visual stimuli, but all seem to be intensified.
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Objects, as well as situations and actions, are surrounded by our potential responses to them, such as our past experiences with them, how we might use them, other forms they have taken, how they are made, and their qualities in other sense modalities, etc.
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Designing learning environments that promote the integration of information from various sense modalities to reinforce and deepen concepts and skills.
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It seems likely that sensory enhancement of a marijuana high would be most noticed in the predominant sense modality of the user; it certainly should have a differential response in relation to less used ways of perceiving.
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Each sense modality, such as smell and hearing, plays a unique role in how we perceive our environment.
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The study focused on the different sense modalities and how they contribute to our overall sensory experience.
Synonyms
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1.8
A physical ability to notice the world using sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch
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A particular way something is experienced, such as sight, sound or touch
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3.8
Body parts and nerves that get and use messages from sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch
An ability to see, hear, or feel the world
Surface Forms
Morphology
The MWE's meaning is directly derivable from combining 'sense' (a sensory faculty) with 'modality' (a manner or form), yielding the straightforward idea of a type or form of sensation. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows normal noun–noun semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Sense modality treats each way we notice the world as its own channel. The word sense means how we feel or notice things and modality suggests a 'mode' or 'channel', so the phrase means a particular system or form of sensing.