Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
binomial , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to two names; binomial.
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- adjective biology, taxonomy consisting of two names
- adjective biology, taxonomy pertaining to the noun
binomen - adjective biology, taxonomy pertaining to the nomenclature system for the rank of
species inbiological taxonomy - noun biology, taxonomy a
scientific name , at the rank of species, with two terms: ageneric name and aspecific name.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies
Etymologies
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Examples
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The binominal expansion provides a difference equation if the expansion holds.
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Another advantage of this binominal Latin nomenclature consists in preventing the confusion frequently arising from the use of the same name to designate different animals in different parts of the world, -- as, for instance, the name of Robin, used in America to designate a bird of the Thrush family, entirely different from the Robin of the Old World, -- or of different names for the same animal, as Perch or
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various
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Quadratics and the progressions, the binominal formula, covergence and divergence of series, the theory of equations, etc. Corresponds to third term of Math.
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The subjects to be studied are linear systems, graphs, progressions, ratio and proportion, variations, logarithms, and the binominal theorem.
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The subjects to be studied are linear systems, graphs, progressions, ratio and proportion, variations, logarithms, and the binominal theorem.
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Quadratics and the progressions, the binominal formula, covergence and divergence of series, the theory of equations, etc. Corresponds to third term of Math.
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Permanent biologic nomenclature dates from the time of Linnæus simply because this great naturalist established the binominal system and placed scientific classification upon a sound and enduring basis.
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868
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"key" - annotated genes in the group will follow a binominal distribution.
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However, by the proposed approach, the false-positives appearing in the abstracted data can be controlled, allowing significant increases in cell function apparent in the microarray data to be tested by reference to the binominal distribution model (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tomokazu Konishi et al. 2008
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