multimodal

adjective

mul·​ti·​mod·​al ˌməl-tē-ˈmō-dᵊl How to pronounce multimodal (audio)
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: having or involving several modes, modalities, or maxima
multimodal distributions
multimodal therapy

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Democratic Governor Maura Healey and state officials confirmed the rescission, which left the state with only $8 million of the original award and prompted a strategic review of the multimodal infrastructure overhaul planned for Boston's Allston neighborhood. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025 Multimodal Integration: Bridging Vision And Language Integrating vision with natural language understanding has led to powerful multimodal models that reason across modalities. Rahul Gudise, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025 Now, researchers are taking reinforcement learning techniques and pushing them to much larger scales to train or fine-tune today’s big language and multimodal models. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 July 2025 Murati said Thinking Machines is building multimodal AI that will be compatible with the ways that people naturally interact with the world, including through conversation and sight. Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for multimodal

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First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of multimodal was in 1899

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“Multimodal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multimodal. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

Medical Definition

multimodal

adjective
mul·​ti·​mo·​dal ˌməl-ti-ˈmōd-ᵊl How to pronounce multimodal (audio)
: relating to, having, or utilizing more than one mode or modality (as of stimulation or treatment)
multimodal cancer therapy involving surgery, immunotherapy, and radiation
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