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BINARIES
Noun
binaries
plural of binary
Anagrams
• Iberians, Siberian, binarise
Source: Wiktionary
BINARY
Bi"na*ry, a. Etym: [L. binarius, fr. bini two by two, two at a time, fr. root of bis twice; akin to E. two: cf. F. binaire.]
Definition: Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things). Binary arithmetic, that in which numbers are expressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplying everything by two, as in common arithmetic by ten. Thus, 1 is one; 10 is two; 11 is three; 100 is four, etc. Davies & Peck.
– Binary compound (Chem.), a compound of two elements, or of an element and a compound performing the function of an element, or of two compounds performing the function of elements.
– Binary logarithms, a system of logarithms devised by Euler for facilitating musical calculations, in which 1 is logarithm of 2, instead of 10, as in the common logarithms, and the modulus 1.442695 instead of .43429448.
– Binary measure (Mus.), measure divisible by two or four; common time.
– Binary nomenclature (Nat. Hist.), nomenclature in which the names designate both genus and species.
– Binary scale (Arith.), a uniform scale of notation whose ratio is two.
– Binary star (Astron.), a double star whose members have a revolution round their common center of gravity.
– Binary theory (Chem.), the theory that all chemical compounds consist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities.
Bi"na*ry, n.
Definition: That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality. Fotherby.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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