bimodal

American  

[bahy-mohd-l] / baɪˈmoʊd l /

adjective

1. having or providing two modes, methods, systems, etc.

2. Statistics. (of a distribution) having or occurring with two modes.

3. Transportation. pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving the use of two forms of carrier, as truck and rail.

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Other Word Forms

• bimodality noun

Etymology

Origin of bimodal

First recorded in 1900–05; bi- ¹ + modal

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• bimodal vs. unimodal

Example Sentences

The chemists set themselves the ambitious goal of finding a general organic synthesis method for doing either the oxygenation or dehydrogenation reaction, as these versatile "bimodal" enzymes do in living cells.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2024

The reduction in symptoms is larger than other studies have found for bimodal stimulation, he says, and it’s the first evidence of such long-term effects.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 7, 2020

To understand this, it is important to recognize that ours is not necessarily a polarization characterized by cavernous ideological gaps or a pronounced bimodal issue position distribution.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2016

A data set with two modes is called bimodal.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

A bimodal size-distribution of young-of-the-year was noted also in 1958 and 1959; but, no segregation of the two sizes occurred on riffles in summer.

From Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas by Deacon, James Everett