Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Twofold; double.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Twofold; double; binary: as, “binal revenge,”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Twofold; double.
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- adjective
twofold ;double
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin bīnālis, twin, from Latin bīnī, two by two; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]
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See binary.
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Examples
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Yonder magnificent astronomy he is at last to import, fetching away moon, and planet, solstice, period, comet and binal star, by comprehending their relation and law.
Tehachapi News 2010
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_Nueva R.vista de Buenos Ayres_, 1881), has been most thoroughly and conclusively refuted by Mr. Clements R. Markham, in the volume of the Hackluyt Society's Publications for 1883.] [Footnote 88: _R.binal-Achi, ou le Drame Ballet du Tun_, published as an appendix to the _Grammaire de la Langue Quiché_ (Paris, 1862).
Aboriginal American Authors Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868
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