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

In other words, like the bimodal enzymes that had inspired them, they were able to control whether their approach led down one reaction path or the other.

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

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

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