Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a single mode: In statistics, describing a distribution of data that has only one peak or most frequent value. The graph of the distribution has one clear high point.

Usage

• The word unimodal is a technical term used primarily in statistics, data analysis, and probability theory. It describes the shape of a data set's distribution.
• It is typically used before a noun (e.g., a unimodal distribution) or as a predicate adjective (e.g., The data is unimodal).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The histogram of the test scores was clearly unimodal, with most students scoring around 75%.
  • A normal distribution, or bell curve, is a classic example of a unimodal distribution.
  • We analyzed the data and found it to be unimodal, not bimodal.

Advanced Usage

• "Unimodality" (noun): The property of being unimodal.
  • The unimodality of the data simplifies our analysis.

Variants and Related Words

• Bimodal (adj): Having two distinct modes or peaks.
• Multimodal (adj): Having more than one mode.
• Mode (n): The value that appears most frequently in a data set.

Synonyms

• Single-peaked: Having one peak (a descriptive synonym).
• Uni-peaked: Having one peak (a less common synonym).

Antonyms

• Bimodal: Having two modes.
• Multimodal: Having multiple modes.
• Uniform: Having no clear mode, where all values appear with roughly the same frequency.

Adjective

1. having a single mode