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bimodal
[ bahy-mohd-l ]
adjective
- having or providing two modes, methods, systems, etc.
- Statistics. (of a distribution) having or occurring with two modes. Compare unimodal.
- Transportation. pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving the use of two forms of carrier, as truck and rail.
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- bimo·dali·ty noun
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The distribution of clutches (Fig. 1) runs from mid-January to the first third of July and is bimodal.
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.
Two spawning periods may account for the bimodal size distribution of young-of-the-year observed in my study.
Errors of sampling may similarly account for some, though not all, of the curves of the bimodal type shown in Figure 29C.
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