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multimode

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

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.

  1. Having, or employing multiple modes.

noun

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.

  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 appear.

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