Hypertext Webster Gateway: "binomial"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Binomial \Bi*no"mi*al\, n. [L. bis twice + nomen name: cf. F.
binome, LL. binomius (or fr. bi- + Gr. ? distribution ?). Cf.
{Monomial}.] (Alg.)
An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign
plus (+) or minus (-); as, a + b, or 7 - 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Binomial \Bi*no"mi*al\, a.
1. Consisting of two terms; pertaining to binomials; as, a
binomial root.
2. (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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
binomial
adj 1: relating to binomials; "binomial expression"
2: consisting of two names or terms; "binomial nomenclature"
n : a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms
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