unimodal

American  

[yoo-nuh-mohd-l] / ˌyu nəˈmoʊd l /

adjective

Statistics.

1. (of a distribution) having a single mode.

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Etymology

Origin of unimodal

First recorded in 1920–25; uni- + modal

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Example Sentences

Most commonly, genes would have either a "unimodal or multimodal" association with immune cell production.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024

We find that the optical colour distribution of the cluster system of NGC 1277 is unimodal and entirely red.

From Nature • Mar. 11, 2018

Indrė Žliobaitė and colleagues modelled speciation and extinction using a random walk constrained by resources and uncovered a unimodal 'hat' pattern.

From Nature • Nov. 28, 2017

Note that some predictors in our data have complex nonlinear relationships that multivariate statistical analyses using quartiles may miss, such as the unimodal upper-constraint-based richness relationships of temperature and pH.

From Nature • Oct. 31, 2017

These criticisms do not detract from our key findings, including evidence consistent with the unimodal constraint relationship predicted by the humped-back model and evidence of scale sensitivities in the form and strength of the relationship.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 28, 2016