Definitions for binaries
binaries
bi·na·ry
Spelling: [bahy-nuh-ree, -ner-ee]
IPA: /ˈbaɪ nə ri, -nɛr i/
Binaries is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 331 anagrams from letters in binaries (abeiinrs).
Definitions for binaries
noun
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a whole composed of two.
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Mathematics. a system of numerical notation to the base 2, in which each place of a number, expressed as 0 or 1, corresponds to a power of 2:
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Also called binary number. Mathematics. a number expressed in the binary system of notation.
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Computers. binary code.
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Computers. an executable file stored in binary format.
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Astronomy. binary star.
adjective
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consisting of, indicating, or involving two.
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Mathematics.
of or relating to a system of numerical notation to the base 2, in which each place of a number, expressed as 0 or 1, corresponds to a power of 2. The decimal number 58 appears as 111010 in binary notation, since 58 = 1 × 2 5 + 1 × 2 4 + 1 × 2 3 + 0 × 2 2 + 1 × 2 1 + 0 × 2 0 .
of or relating to the digits or numbers used in binary notation.
of or relating to a binary system.
(of an operation) assigning a third quantity to two given quantities, as in the addition of two numbers.
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Computers. of, relating to, or written in binary code; programmed or encoded using only the digits 0 and 1:
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Chemistry. noting a compound containing only two elements or groups, as sodium chloride, methyl bromide, or methyl hydroxide.
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Metallurgy. (of an alloy) having two principal constituents.
Origin of binaries
1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin bīnārius, equivalent to bīn(ī) (see bin-) + -ārius -ary
Examples for binaries
Great numbers of binaries of this type have since then been discovered, all of short period.
A very large proportion of stars are binaries—two suns revolve round their common centre of gravity.