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trimodal, a.|traɪˈməʊdəl|
[f. tri- + mode n. + -al.]
Of a frequency curve or distribution: having three modes (mode n. 7 c). Of a phenomenon or property: described by such a distribution.
1927Jrnl. du Conseil II. 354 Though the significance of the bimodal or trimodal selection in drift caught fish is open to argument, the fact of its existence is not. 1962Lancet 5 May 968/1 The distribution of the values for ‘relative incidence’ is not a normal one but bimodal (or possibly even trimodal). 1978Nature 3 Aug. 485/2 The results in Fig. 2 show a trimodal distribution when viability was determined after exposure to a standard dose of γ-radiation. |