bimodal

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Italic *dwi-

Latin bi-bor.

English bi-

English modal

English bimodal

From bi- + modal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /baɪˈməʊdəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /baɪˈmoʊdəl/

Adjective

bimodal (not comparable)

1. Having two modes or forms.
2. (mathematics, of a distribution) Having two modes (local maxima).
   • 2010 July 23, Elie Mystal, “NALP Gives More Information on Expected Lawyer Salary”, in Above the Law‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 October 2023:

     In fact, NALP has been at the forefront of educating prospective lawyers on the dangers of focusing on “average” starting salaries. The average is meaningless. The median is just slightly more helpful, and NALP has been begging people to pay attention to the bimodal salary distribution curve that tells the true story of how much lawyers are likely to get paid.

Derived terms

• bimodality
• bimodally

Translations

(mathematics)

• Finnish: bimodaalinen (fi)
• German: bimodal
• Polish: bimodalny (pl)

See also

• unimodal

French

Etymology

From bi- +‎ modal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.mɔ.dal/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

  (file)

Adjective

bimodal (feminine bimodale, masculine plural bimodaux, feminine plural bimodales)

1. (mathematics) bimodal

Derived terms

• bimodalité

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /biˈmodal/ [biˈmo.dal]
• Rhymes: -odal
• Syllabification: bi‧mo‧dal

Noun

bimodal (plural bimodal-bimodal)

1. (statistics) bimodal data

Further reading

• “bimodal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bimoˈdal/ [bi.moˈð̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: bi‧mo‧dal

Adjective

bimodal m or f (masculine and feminine plural bimodales)

1. bimodal