Definitions for bimodal

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bimodal bi·mod·al

Spelling: [bahy-mohd-l]

IPA: /baɪˈmoʊd l/

Bimodal is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 214 anagrams from letters in bimodal (abdilmo).

Definitions for bimodal

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.

Origin of bimodal

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

Examples for bimodal

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

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

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

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.