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''multipeaked distribution''

A probability distribution with several modes (cf. [[Mode|Mode]]) or, what is the same, with a density (cf. [[Density of a probability distribution|Density of a probability distribution]]) having several relative maxima corresponding to these modes. In contrast to unimodal distributions (cf. [[Unimodal distribution|Unimodal distribution]]), multimodal distributions are comparatively rare (in practice) and, as a rule, arise as mixtures of probability distributions.