Modal may refer to: * Modal (textile), a textile made from spun cellulose fiber * Modal analysis, the study of the dynamic properties of structures under vibrational excitation * Modal bandwidth, in the discipline of telecommunications, refers to the signalling rate per distance unit * Modal haplotype, an ancestral haplotype derived from the DNA test results of a specific group of people *

Modal jazz Modal jazz is jazz that makes use of musical modes, often modulating among them to accompany the chords instead of relying on one tonal center used across the piece. Although precedents exist, modal jazz was crystallized as a theory by compose ...

, jazz that uses musical modes rather than chord progressions as a harmonic framework *

Modal logic Modal logic is a collection of formal systems developed to represent statements about necessity and possibility. It plays a major role in philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, and natural language semantics. Modal logics extend other ...

, a type of formal logic that extends the standards of formal logic to include the elements of modality * Modal matrix, used in the diagonalization process involving eigenvalues and eigenvectors * Modal phenomena * Modal administration, used in Federal Agencies to describe sub-offices or "modes" * Modal transportation, used in transit to describe multiple modes of transit available such as bus, trolley, train, ferry * Modal score, used in testing and education for the most common score * Modal verb, a type of auxiliary verb that is used to indicate modality *

Modal window In user interface design for computer applications, a modal window is a graphical control element subordinate to an application's main window. A modal window creates a mode that disables the main window but keeps it visible, with the modal window ...

, a child window that requires users to interact with it before they can return to operating the parent application * A trade name for sulpiride, an atypical antipsychotic drug *

Modal Commerce Modal, formerly known as Next Technology Inc., was an American-based company in San Francisco, that sold software for a dealership's website, allowing car shoppers to purchase new and used cars online. In 2016, the company, then known as Next Tec ...

, an American-based company that sells online software to car dealerships

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