trimodaladj.
/trʌɪˈməʊdəl/ Of a frequency curve or distribution: having three modes (mode n. 13). Of a phenomenon or property: described by such a distribution.
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1927 Jrnl. du Conseil Internat. pour l'Explor. de la Mer 2 354 Though the significance of the bimodal or trimodal selection in drift caught fish is open to argument, the fact of its existence is not.
1962 Lancet 5 May 968/1 The distribution of the values for ‘relative incidence’ is not a normal one but bimodal (or possibly even trimodal).
1978 Nature 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.
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