cross-modal

1. 1.

   relating to different sense modalities

Questions about cross-modal

What does cross-modal mean?

cross-modal means "relating to different sense modalities".

How many syllables are in cross-modal?

cross-modal has 3 syllables and divides as cros-s-mo-dal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is cross-modal a common word?

cross-modal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.