modality : Idioms & Phrases

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auditory modality

  • noun the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
    audition; auditory sense; sense of hearing; hearing.
    • his hearing was impaired
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gustatory modality

  • noun the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
    taste; sense of taste; gustation.
    • his cold deprived him of his sense of taste
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olfactory modality

  • noun the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
    sense of smell; smell; olfaction.
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sense modality

  • noun a particular sense
    sensory system; modality.
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touch modality

  • noun the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
    touch; sense of touch; skin senses; cutaneous senses.
    • only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us
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visual modality

  • noun the ability to see; the visual faculty
    visual sense; vision; sight.
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