binary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈbaɪ.nɛɹ.i/
rhymes: -aɪnɛɹi
rhymes: -aɪnəɹi
Forms: form: more binary
form: most binary
Etymology: From Late Latin bīnārius (“consisting of two”), from Latin bīnī (“two-by-two, pair”). By surface analysis, bin- + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computer science.
text: Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.
ref: 2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8835, page 80:
text: It's not binary. You can be decent and gifted at the same time.
ref: 2015, Aaron Sorkin, Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, spoken by Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen):
glosses: Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
examples: Near-synonym: Boolean
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns such states.
topics: arithmetic
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: base-2
glosses: Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
examples: text: binary star
text: Two ingredients are combined in a binary poison.
text: A binary statistical distribution has only two categories.
synonyms: word: dyadic
word: double
word: twin
word: binary
word: double
word: dual
word: twin
word: twofold
coordinate_terms: biune
glosses: Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
examples: text: Division of reals is a binary operation.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
examples: text: He downloaded the binary distribution for Linux, then burned it to DVD.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: plain text
glosses: Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
examples: text: He has a very binary understanding of gender.
glosses: Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
examples: text: To further unpack trans and gender-diverse embodiment, requires one to unpack the depth of the discourse as it relates to both binary and non-binary people (Hofman, 2012). It necessitates deeper engagement as to the politics of passing, not passing, societal assimilation and non-assimilation.
ref: 2020, Liberty Matthyse, “Achieving gender equality by 2030: Transgender equality in relation to Sustainable Development Goal 5”, in Agenda, volume 34, number 1 (Gendered and Feminist Inequalities), →DOI, →ISSN, page 3:
topics: biology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
synonyms: gender-binary
antonyms: non-binary
glosses: Having or pertaining to a gender identity represented by the gender binary; either male or female.
Synonyms: black-and-white
Derived terms: word: binariness
word: binarise
word: binarize
word: binarist
word: binarization
word: binit
word: circumbinary
word: duobinary
word: exbi-
word: gibi-
word: gigabinary
word: interbinary
word: intrabinary
word: kibi-
word: kilobinary
word: mebi-
word: megabinary
word: negabinary
word: pebi-
word: phinary
word: polybinary
word: protobinary
word: pseudobinary
word: quebi-
word: robi-
word: superbinary
word: tebi-
word: yobi-
word: zebi-
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary antonym
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary arithmetic
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary blob
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary chop
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary clone
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary code
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary-coded decimal
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary-compatible
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary compound
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary decimal
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary digit
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary distribution
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary fission
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary function
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary indexed tree
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary large object
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary logarithm
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary name
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary noun
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary number
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary numeral system
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary operation
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary operator
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary point
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary pulsar
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary quasar
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary question
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary relation
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary-safe
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary search
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary star
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary star system
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary system
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary theory
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary tree
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: full binary tree
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: binary weapon
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: contact binary
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: eclipsing binary
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: gender binary
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: nyan-binary
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: spectroscopic binary
Related terms: binarily
binarity
unary
ternary