binary
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: arithmetic
astronomy
biology
business
computer
computing
engineering
finance
human-sciences
logic
mathematics
natural-sciences
philosophy
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
social-science
sociology
Etymology: From Late Latin bīnārius (“consisting of two”), from Latin bīnī (“two-by-two, pair”). By surface analysis, bin- + -ary.
Inflected forms:
form: more binary
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most binary
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: binaries
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
pos: adj
examples: Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computer science.
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.
It's not binary. You can be decent and gifted at the same time.
gloss: Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns such states.
pos: adj
examples: Near-synonym: Boolean
gloss: Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
pos: adj
gloss: Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
pos: adj
examples: binary star
Two ingredients are combined in a binary poison.
A binary statistical distribution has only two categories.
gloss: Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
pos: adj
examples: Division of reals is a binary operation.
gloss: Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
pos: adj
examples: He downloaded the binary distribution for Linux, then burned it to DVD.
gloss: Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
pos: adj
tags: comparable
examples: He has a very binary understanding of gender.
Yo… you've been staring at a computer screen way too long, homie. Life's not that binary.
gloss: Having or pertaining to a gender identity represented by the gender binary; either male or female.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: A state in which only two values are possible, in which something must have one value or the other.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The correlation between warmth and cold is an internal one where the existence of one depends on and is defined by the other. Hence, the yin-yang binary as a correlative binary of light-shade or warmth-cold [...]
The “in” versus “out” of this sociological model certainly carries to the admittedly simplistic binary of “good” versus “bad” of stereotypes in fictional works and the scholarly approaches to them.
As an “all-female” humanoid species not bound to the traditional forms of mating, in that they reproduce through a form of telepathic parthenogenesis, the design of the Asari collapses boundaries of sex and sexuality. The Asari are a species rendered as Other, even in comparison to the various beings populating the gameworld. Characters recognize and struggle against prejudice and limited understanding of Asari customs, culture, and practices. These gameworld features allow for a space where awareness and exploration of sexualities outside of the heterosexual binary can take place.
gloss: The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: As our initial exposure to the base 10 number system consisted of learning how to count, it also makes sense that we might begin by learning how to count in binary.
gloss: Synonym of binary file.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Now that you have a high-level idea of what binaries look like and how they work, you're ready to dive into a real binary format.
gloss: Synonym of binary asteroid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of binary planet.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Synonym of binary star.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: As discussed in Section 5.1, the study of the properties of planets in binaries and the search for differences between the characteristics of these objects and those of planets orbiting single stars, is crucial to the understanding of the role of binarity in planet formation and evolution.
gloss: Synonym of binary option.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: black-and-white
Antonyms: non-binary
Related words: binarily
binarity
unary
ternary
binarism
-ary
decimal
hexadecimal
octal
Derived words: binariness
binarise
binarize
binarist
binarization
binit
circumbinary
duobinary
exbi-
gibi-
gigabinary
interbinary
intrabinary
kibi-
kilobinary
mebi-
megabinary
negabinary
pebi-
phinary
polybinary
protobinary
pseudobinary
quebi-
robi-
superbinary
tebi-
yobi-
zebi-
binary antonym
binary arithmetic
binary blob
binary chop
binary clone
binary code
binary-coded decimal
binary-compatible
binary compound
binary decimal
binary digit
binary distribution
binary fission
binary function
binary indexed tree
binary large object
binary logarithm
binary name
binary noun
binary number
binary numeral system
binary operation
binary operator
binary point
binary pulsar
binary quasar
binary question
binary relation
binary-safe
binary search
binary star
binary star system
binary system
binary theory
binary tree
full binary tree
binary weapon
contact binary
eclipsing binary
gender binary
nyan-binary
spectroscopic binary
LOLBin
Translations:
lang: Belarusian
word: двайко́вы
roman: dvajkóvy
lang: Belarusian
word: біна́рны
roman: binárny
lang: Bulgarian
word: двои́чен
roman: dvoíčen
lang: Catalan
word: binari
lang: Danish
word: binær
lang: Esperanto
word: duuma
lang: Finnish
word: binäärinen
lang: French
word: binaire
lang: Georgian
word: ორობითი
roman: orobiti
lang: Georgian
word: ბინარული
roman: binaruli
lang: German
word: binär
lang: Greek
word: δυαδικός
roman: dyadikós
lang: Hungarian
word: bináris
lang: Indonesian
word: biner
lang: Kazakh
word: бинарлық
roman: binarlyq
lang: Kazakh
word: екілік
roman: ekılık
lang: Korean
word: 이진
roman: ijin
lang: Māori
word: tāhūrua
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: binær
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: binær
lang: Polish
word: binarny
lang: Portuguese
word: binário
lang: Romanian
word: binar
lang: Russian
word: двои́чный
roman: dvoíčnyj
lang: Russian
word: бина́рный
roman: binárnyj
lang: Spanish
word: binario
lang: Swedish
word: binär
lang: Turkish
word: iki terimli
lang: Turkish
word: ikilik
lang: Ukrainian
word: двійко́вий
roman: dvijkóvyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: біна́рний
roman: binárnyj
lang: Belarusian
word: двайко́вы
roman: dvajkóvy
lang: Belarusian
word: біна́рны
roman: binárny
lang: Bulgarian
word: двои́чен
roman: dvoíčen
lang: Catalan
word: binari
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 二進 /二进
roman: èrjìn
lang: Dutch
word: binair
lang: Dutch
word: binaire
lang: Esperanto
word: duuma
lang: Esperanto
word: bulea
lang: Finnish
word: binäärinen
lang: French
word: binaire
lang: German
word: binär
lang: Greek
word: δυαδικός
roman: dyadikós
lang: Hungarian
word: bináris
lang: Indonesian
word: biner
lang: Italian
word: binario
lang: Korean
word: 참거짓
roman: chamgeojit
lang: Korean
word: 진리
roman: jilli
lang: Polish
word: binarny
lang: Portuguese
word: binário
lang: Romanian
word: binar
lang: Russian
word: двои́чный
roman: dvoíčnyj
lang: Russian
word: бина́рный
roman: binárnyj
lang: Spanish
word: binario
lang: Turkish
word: iki terimli
lang: Turkish
word: ikilik
lang: Ukrainian
word: двійко́вий
roman: dvijkóvyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: біна́рний
roman: binárnyj