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having more than one mode; having more than one modal value; pertaining to or suitable for transportation involving more than one form of carrier, as truck and rail, or truck, ship, and rail

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  • Adjective : a multimodal distribution
  • Designed to meet the requirements of modern transport, particularly such "multimodal" transport as container or "roll on-roll off" traffic by trailers and ferries.
  • Experts have said for long that 'multimodal' interfaces can help overcome barriers such as illiteracy.
  • Consultants will display the results of their study of varied, or "multimodal," transportation possibilities.
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