adj
Meaning 1
Having two modes or forms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bimodal
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /baɪˈməʊdəl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /baɪˈmoʊdəl/
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CMU ARPABET: B AY2 M OW1 D AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having two modes (local maxima).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of a distribution; having or occurring with two modes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: unimodal
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English modal English bimodal From bi- + modal.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: bimodaalinen — (mathematics)
- German: bimodal — (mathematics)
- Polish: bimodalny — (mathematics)