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

  • 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

  • _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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