transmodal

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transmodal (not comparable)

Crossing, occurring in, or using more than one mode or modality.
(transport) Using more than one mode of transportation or shipping.
- 1978, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Analysis of DOT Near-term Transportation Research, Development, and Demonstration Activities, Pasadena: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, →OCLC, page 117:
  Excess capacities for some modes and system inefficiencies, to some extent, for all modes continue to pose major concerns. This program by its structure and definition is transmodal; however, the issue of substituting telecommunications for transportation services can have a significant impact upon one or several modes...
(psychology) Relating to more than one sense, cognitive process, or region of the brain.
- 2015, Theodore A. Stern, Maurizio Fava, Timothy E. Wilens, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 806:
  The highest level of cognitive processing occurs in regions referred to as transmodal areas. These areas are composed of heteromodal, paralimbic, and limbic regions that are collectively linked, in parallel, to other transmodal regions.