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multimode

multimode adjective: having, or employing multiple modes.

Adjective

multimode (not comparable)

  1. Having, or employing multiple modes.

Noun

multimode (plural multimodes)

  1. A simultaneous superposition of modes.
    • When the feedback increases, external cavity modes become multimodes and generate the laser noise by random self-mode locking. When the feedback increases further, longitudinal mode hopping or incomplete multimodes appear.1985, Semiconductors and Semimetals, page 80
    • In the multimode graded index fiber, multimodes travel faster as compared to multimode step index fiber.2018, S. C. Gupta, Textbook on Optical Fibre Communication and Its Applications, page 27

Forms of multimode

Adjective
alternative formmulti-mode
Noun
pluralmultimodes

Origin of multimode

From multi- + mode.

Words formed from multimode

Questions about multimode

What does multimode mean?
Multimode means having, or employing multiple modes.
What part of speech is multimode?
Multimode can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near multimode in the dictionary

  1. multimodalism
  2. multimodalities
  3. multimodality
  4. multimodally
  5. multimodalness
  6. multimode
  7. multimoded
  8. multimodel
  9. multimodeness
  10. multimodes
  11. multimodular

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