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bimodal

[ bahy-mohd-l ]

adjective

  1. having or providing two modes, methods, systems, etc.
  2. Statistics. (of a distribution) having or occurring with two modes. Compare unimodal.
  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 Words From

  • bimo·dali·ty noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bimodal1

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

The distribution of clutches (Fig. 1) runs from mid-January to the first third of July and is bimodal.

The distribution of clutches (Fig. 1) runs from mid-March to the last third of July and is bimodal.

The salient feature is that the blunt-ended "B" spoons have a bimodal distribution: from 198 mm.

Two spawning periods may account for the bimodal size distribution of young-of-the-year observed in my study.

Errors of sampling may similarly account for some, though not all, of the curves of the bimodal type shown in Figure 29C.

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