Meanings
- not comparableHaving two modes or forms.
- not comparablemathematicsHaving two modes (local maxima).
1 more example
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.
2010 July 23, Elie Mystal, “NALP Gives More Information on Expected Lawyer Salary”, in Above the Law, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof a distribution; having or occurring with two modes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Italic*dwi-
- Latinbi-
- Englishbi-
- Englishmodal
- Englishbimodal
Translations
Finnish bimodaalinen
- bimodaalinen(mathematics)
German bimodal
- bimodal(mathematics)
Polish bimodalny
- bimodalny(mathematics)
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Cite this entry
bimodal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bimodal
“bimodal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bimodal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bimodal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bimodal.
Source: bimodal on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.