binary
Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
Adjective 4 meanings
Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
“Binary states are often represented as 1 and 0 in computer science.”
Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns such states.
“Near-synonym: Boolean”
Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
“Two ingredients are combined in a binary poison.”
Noun 2 meanings
A state in which only two values are possible, in which something must have one value or the other.
The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English binarie. By surface analysis, bin- + -ary.
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BINARY at a glance
BINARY has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (B 3 + I 1 + N 1 + A 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,535 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with binary
All rhymes- MILITARY13
- SECRETARY14
- NECESSARY14
- PRIMARY14
- LIBRARY12
- MARY9
- ANNIVERSARY17
- SECONDARY15
- CONTEMPORARY21
- TEMPORARY16
- ORDINARY12
- SCARY10
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