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Binomial adj.

Consisting of two terms; pertaining to binomials; as, a binomial root.

(Nat. Hist.) Having two names; used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other the species, to which it belongs.

Binomial theorem (Alg.), the theorem which expresses the law of formation of any power of a binomial.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... some sweet, oblivious, antidote to party feeling seems, as far as we can judge, to be still in the future. If we want studies that will, while they last, thoroughly divert the mind from the prejudices of party, science is even better than ancient history; there are no party cries connected with the Binomial Theorem. ...

— Practical Essays • Alexander Bain

... R. If "once a synonym always a synonym" be esteemed good taxonomic law, this species must one day have another name. The present author, unwilling to change his colleague's preference in this case, nevertheless begs to suggest that such a binomial as P. listeri would probably at once make future history of the species less eventful, and honor the memory of England's latest and most distinguished student ...

— The North American Slime-Moulds • Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride

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