multimode

English

Alternative forms

• multi-mode

Etymology

From multi- +‎ mode.

Adjective

multimode (not comparable)

1. Having, or employing multiple modes.

   Coordinate term: monomode

Derived terms

• multimodeness

Noun

multimode (plural multimodes)

1. A simultaneous superposition of modes.
   • 1985, Semiconductors and Semimetals, page 80:

     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.

   • 2018, S. C. Gupta, Textbook on Optical Fibre Communication and Its Applications, page 27:

     In the multimode graded index fiber, multimodes travel faster as compared to multimode step index fiber.