Binary
Bi·na·ry
Binary
a.
- Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things).
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.
- Binary compound
- 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 the logarithm of 2, instead of 10, as in the common logarithms, and the modulus 1.442695 instead of .43429448.
- Binary measure
- measure divisible by two or four; common time.
- Binary nomenclature
- nomenclature in which the names designate both genus and species.
- Binary scale
- a uniform scale of notation whose ratio is two.
- Binary star
- a double star whose members have a revolution round their common center of gravity.
- Binary theory
- the theory that all chemical compounds consist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities.
Binary
n.
- That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality.