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unimodal en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- English modal English unimodal From uni- + modal.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having, or operating in, a single mode.
    • We created one prototype with two modes: a slider for the unimodal and multimodal mode to be used by the test leader only. 2009, Anton Nijholt, Dennis Reidsma, Hendri Hondorp, Intelligent Technologies for Interactive Entertainment, page 82:
    • In addition, there was no difference in performance among the two unimodal and bimodal conditions[…] 2004, Gemma Calvert, Charles Spence, Barry E. Stein, The handbook of multisensory processes, page 114:
    • the fusion of three unimodal systems into a multimodal one 2009, Ãlvaro Herrero, Paolo Gastaldo, Rodolfo Zunino, Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems, page 156:
  2. (not-comparable) Having, or operating in, a single mode. ▸ Having a single mode (local maximum).

Deriveds

unimodality · nonunimodal · unimodally

Relateds

bimodal · uniantimodal

Translations (4)

de unimodal ((mathematics)) · it unimodale ((mathematics)) · pl jednomodalny ((mathematics)) · fi unimodaalinen ((mathematics))