Definition of Bimodal

1. Adjective. Of a distribution; having or occurring with two modes.

Category relationships: Statistics
Antonyms: Unimodal

Definition of Bimodal

1. Adjective. Having two modes or forms ¹

2. Adjective. (mathematics of a distribution) Having two modes (local maxima) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bimodal

1. having two statistical modes [adj]

Medical Definition of Bimodal

1. Denoting a frequency curve characterised by two peaks. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bimodal

bimethyls
bimetric
bimillenaries
bimillenary
bimillenial
bimillennial
bimillennials
bimillennium
bimini
biminis
bimli
bimli hemp
bimmer
bimmies
bimmy
bimodal (current term)
bimodalities
bimodality
bimodally
bimodule
bimodules
bimolecular
bimolecular step
bimolecularly
bimonopole
bimonopoles
bimonthlies
bimonthly
bimoraic
bimorph

Literary usage of Bimodal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readings in Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics by Horatio Hackett Newman (1921)
"bimodal AND MULTIMODAL CURVES If we confine our biometrical studies to homogeneous populations, we get only fairly simple monomodal curves that resemble the ..."

2. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl R. Schneider (1997)
"... amounts of cisternal milk allow milk ejection to be induced only after the start of milking without causing bimodal or otherwise reduced milk flow. ..."

3. Genetics: An Introduction to the Study of Heredity by Herbert Eugene Walter (1913)
"bimodal Curves Sometimes two conspicuous modes make their appearance in a frequency polygon, as Jennings found, 25 20 10 £0 24 i& 3Z 36 40 44 Si. ..."

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