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Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things). Binary arithmetic, that in which numbers are expressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplying everything by two, as in common arithmetic by ten. Thus, 1 is one;…

Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage.

try it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids); as, sulphate from sulphuric acid, nitrate from nitric acid, etc. It is also used in the case of certain basic salts.

A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret.

A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.

A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac. -- Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOClcalcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous. -- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.…

Concubinary. The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman.

A compound of a binary type containing two cyanogen groups or radicals; -- called also bicyanide.

Browne. computers to convert (information, a signal, an image) into a form expressible in binary notation

A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine; -- called also biniodide.

A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus.

A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide.

they revolve round their common center of gravity, and in the latter case are called also binary stars. -- Double time (Mil.). Same as Double-quick. -- Double window, a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them.

eory, originated by Lavoisier and developed by Berzelius, that all definite compounds are binary in their nature, and consist of two distinct constituents, themselves simple or complex, and possessed of opposite chemical or electrical affinities.

Pertaining to the number two; of two parts or elements. Dyadic arithmetic, the same as binary arithmetic.

Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide.

A binary compound of fluorine with another element or radical. Calcium fluoride (Min.), fluorite, CaF2. See Fluorite.

Resembling salt; -- said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes also to the fluorides and cyanides. -- n.

A compound of the binary type, in which hydrogen is united with some other element.

A binary compound containing hydrogen; a hydride. [R.] See Hydride.