bi·mod·al

[bahy-mohd-l]
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.
Compare intermodal.


Origin:
1900–05; bi-1 + modal

bi·mo·dal·i·ty, noun
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bimodal
1903, in statistics, from bi- + modal.
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In these setting you can develop bimodal volcanism where both basalt and rhyolite erupt.
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