unimodality

In mathematics, unimodality means possessing a unique mode. More generally, unimodality means there is only a single highest value, somehow defined, of some mathematical object.

== Unimodal probability distribution == thumb|Figure 1. Probability density function of normal distributions, an example of unimodal distribution. thumb|Figure 2. A simple bimodal distribution. thumb|Figure 3. A bimodal distribution. Note that only the largest peak would correspond to a mode in the strict sense of the definition of mode