multimodal

  

mul·ti·mod·al

[muhl-tee-mohd-l, muhl-tahy-]
adjective
1.
having more than one mode.
2.
Statistics. having more than one modal value: a multimodal distribution.
3.
Transportation, intermodal.
Origin:
1900–05; multi- + modal

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Main Entry:  multimodal
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  having multiple or many modes or instances
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multimodal
1902, from multi- + modal.
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