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Formed from Late Latin binōmium + -al. The derivation of binōmium is unclear. It was used by Gerard of Cremona in the 12th century. Suggested sources are the Latin nōmen (name), the Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, distribution, pasture), or the Old French nom (name).[1] Compare binomy and binominal, as well as the French binôme. By surface analysis, bi- +‎ -nomial.

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binomial (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of two terms, or parts.
    • 1992, Rhoda Rabkin, “The Aylwin Government and ‘Tutelary’ Democracy: A Concept in Search of a Case?”, in Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, volume 34, number 4, →JSTOR, page 139:
      Finally, instead of returning to Chile’s traditional proportional representation system, the law adopted the “binomial” system, which gave strong incentives to the parties to form broad coalitions.
  2. (statistics) Of or relating to the binomial distribution.
    • 1991 November 23, D. J. Nokes, R. M. Anderson, “Vaccine safety versus vaccine efficacy in mass immunisation programmes”, in The Lancet, volume 338, number 8778, →DOI, page 1309:
      Assuming a normal approximation to binomial probabilities the proportion of total complications reported for 1979–85 in the age class 0–14 years was significantly higher than the proportion in the same age class for the period 1962–69 (p < 0·0001)

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Noun

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polynomials by number of terms
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binomial (plural binomials)

  1. (algebra) A polynomial with two terms.
    Synonym: (archaic) binome
  2. (algebra) A quantity expressed as the sum or difference of two terms.
  3. (taxonomy) A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
    Synonyms: binomen, binomial name, binominal, binominal name, species name, dionym

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  • Some people deprecate use of binomial and advocate use only of binominal in taxonomy. See species name for typesetting usage and example.

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  1. ^ binôme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Adjective

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binomial m or f (masculine and feminine plural binomials)

  1. binomial
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French

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binomial (feminine binomiale, masculine plural binomiaux, feminine plural binomiales)

  1. binomial

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Portuguese

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.no.miˈaw/ [bi.no.mɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /bi.noˈmjaw/ [bi.noˈmjaʊ̯]
 

  • Hyphenation: bi‧no‧mi‧al

Adjective

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binomial m or f (plural binomiais)

  1. binomial (consisting of two parts)
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French binomial.

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binomial m or n (feminine singular binomială, masculine plural binomiali, feminine and neuter plural binomiale)

  1. binomial

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite binomial binomială binomiali binomiale
definite binomialul binomiala binomialii binomialele
genitive-
dative
indefinite binomial binomiale binomiali binomiale
definite binomialului binomialei binomialilor binomialelor

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /binoˈmjal/ [bi.noˈmjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: bi‧no‧mial

Adjective

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binomial m or f (masculine and feminine plural binomiales)

  1. binomial
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Welsh

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English binomial.

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binomial m (plural binomialau)

  1. (statistics) binomial
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  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN