multimode
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A simultaneous superposition of modes.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "In the multimode graded index fiber, multimodes travel faster as compared to multimode step index fiber."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English mode English multimode From multi- + mode.
Inflected Forms
multi-mode (alternative)
multimodes (plural)