bimodal
adjective
bi·mod·al
(ˌ)bī-ˈmō-dᵊl 
: having or relating to two modes
especially
: having or occurring with two statistical modes
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And wildland firefighters in hotter climates sometimes work bimodal shifts — toiling in the morning hours, then pulling back during the heat of the day and getting back out as things cool down in the evening, Mallia said.
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Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024
Nabro is a bimodal volcano that erupts hot and runny basalt as well as sticky rhyolite, so this eruption was much more passive than previous ones at this large caldera volcano.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
This is another example of the bimodal character of the East African Rift -- a lot of close volcanoes erupting low silica basalt or high-silica rhyolite and not a lot in between.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
In this case the crosses exhibited a bimodal distribution in response to chemical signals; a tendency toward one morph or the other (wild type or loss of dauer mutant).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2011
The win here in terms of accessibility is bimodal sensory input.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 8 June 2022
As before, the latter offers a bimodal choice of display: with a map or without.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 11 Mar. 2022
Beyond the obvious accessibility ramifications captions have for the deaf and hard-of-hearing population, captioning also has benefit for its bimodal sensory input.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
Popescu grimly describes people’s post-inoculation behavior as almost bimodal—super strict or loose, with practically no in-between.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2021
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Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024
Nabro is a bimodal volcano that erupts hot and runny basalt as well as sticky rhyolite, so this eruption was much more passive than previous ones at this large caldera volcano.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
This is another example of the bimodal character of the East African Rift -- a lot of close volcanoes erupting low silica basalt or high-silica rhyolite and not a lot in between.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 19 Nov. 2019
In this case the crosses exhibited a bimodal distribution in response to chemical signals; a tendency toward one morph or the other (wild type or loss of dauer mutant).
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2011
The win here in terms of accessibility is bimodal sensory input.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 8 June 2022
As before, the latter offers a bimodal choice of display: with a map or without.
—Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 11 Mar. 2022
Beyond the obvious accessibility ramifications captions have for the deaf and hard-of-hearing population, captioning also has benefit for its bimodal sensory input.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
Popescu grimly describes people’s post-inoculation behavior as almost bimodal—super strict or loose, with practically no in-between.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2021
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“Bimodal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bimodal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2024.
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