binary

binary
I. noun (plural -ries) Date: 15th century something made of or based on two things or parts: as a. binary star b. a binary number system II. adjective Etymology: Late Latin binarius, from Latin bini two by two — more at bin- Date: 1597 1. compounded or consisting of or marked by two things or parts 2. a. duple — used of measure or rhythm b. having two musical subjects or two complementary sections 3. a. relating to, being, or belonging to a system of numbers having 2 as its base <
the binary digits 0 and 1
>
b. involving a choice or condition of two alternatives (as on-off or yes-no) 4. a. composed of two chemical elements, an element and a radical that acts as an element, or two such radicals b. utilizing two harmless ingredients that upon combining form a lethal substance (as a gas) <
binary weapons
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5. relating two logical or mathematical elements <
a binary operation
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6. of or relating to the use of stable oppositions (as good and evil) to analyze a subject or create a structural model <
the binary opposition of male and female — Joan W. Scott
>

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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