Meaning

Being in one of two mutually exclusive states..

Definitions by Sense

1. Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
2. (logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns such states.
3. (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
4. Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
5. (mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
6. (computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
7. (comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
8. (biology, sociology) Having or pertaining to a gender identity represented by the gender binary; either male or female.

Example Sentences

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.

Near-synonym: Boolean

binary star

Two ingredients are combined in a binary poison.

A binary statistical distribution has only two categories.

Division of reals is a binary operation.

Word Forms

• more binary
• most binary
• binaries

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Use binary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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