different between criterium vs modality

English

Etymology

From French critérium (“competition”), from Late Latin criterium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?a??t???i?m/
• Rhymes: -???i?m

Noun

criterium (plural criteriums)

1. (cycling) A mass-start road-cycle race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 1 km to 2 km (1/2 mile to just over 1 mile).
2. Alternative form of criterion
   • 1867 George H. Lewes, A Biographical History of Philosophy 1.181:

     There is no criterium of truth.

Synonyms

• (bicycle racing): crit

Coordinate terms

• circuit race

See also

• criterium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Road cycle racing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “criterium”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• tricerium

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin crit?rium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (krit?rion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kri?te?.ri.?m/
• Hyphenation: cri?te?ri?um
• Rhymes: -e?ri?m

Noun

criterium n (plural criteria or criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)

1. criterion, standard for comparison and appreciation

Derived terms

• evaluatiecriterium
• falsifieerbaarheidscriterium

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: kriteria

Noun

criterium n (plural criteriums, diminutive criteriumpje n)

1. notably in cycling, race of low athletic merit

Derived terms

• wielercriterium

English

Etymology

From French modalité

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æl?ti

Noun

modality (countable and uncountable, plural modalities)

1. The fact of being modal.
2. (logic) The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode.
3. (linguistics) The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood
4. (medicine) A method of diagnosis or therapy.
5. Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
6. (semiotics) A particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre.
7. (theology) The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations.
8. (music) The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes.
9. (sociology) The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a concept in Anthony Giddens' structuration theory).
10. (law) The quality of being limited by a condition.

Translations

See also

• Category:English modal adverbs
• Linguistic modality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia