multimode

multimode

English

Alternative forms

  • multi-mode

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.

    Adjective

    multimode (not comparable)

    1. Having, or employing multiple modes.
      Coordinate term: monomode

    Derived terms

    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.
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