multimode

A simultaneous superposition of modes.

Adjective

  1. Having, or employing multiple modes.

    Coordinate Terms: monomode

Origin

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.

Forms

multi-mode

Derived

multimodeness

Noun

  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...
    • 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

multimodes multi-mode