binomial
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- noun
- /baɪˈnoʊmiəl/
- Specialized
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binomio
- Using a binomial allows scientists to communicate more precisely about different species.
The binomial is just this expression inside with two terms because it's binomial.
- The binomial is just this expression inside with two terms because it's binomial.
Examples
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Such a name would contain less information than a Linnaean binomial, to be sure, but it would be more stable, and knowledge of genus-level relationships would not be necessary to name a species.
Academic text (1998) -
And that binomial, those two names compose the way we talk about all species on Earth.
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Common name followed by Latin binomial in parentheses.
Academic text (1991) -
In math, you can have students imagine they are functions, equations, graphs, binomials, and so on.
Academic text (2001) -
But Cantino, a plant systematist at Ohio University, contends that the binomial has outlived its usefulness.
Academic text (1998) -
In biology, the term binomial refers to the two-part name used to identify a species.
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The Latin binomial for humans is Homo sapiens, which highlights our species classification.
Synonyms
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A group of words that work together as one part of a sentence
Compounds
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A formula in algebra for expanding expressions like (a+b)^n into a sum of terms
- Specialized
The chance of a number of successes in a fixed number of tries each with the same chance
How Complex
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6.3
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7.9
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7.6
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5.3
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4.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
binomial = bi + nom + ial
Built from 'bi-' (two) + 'nom' (name/term) + '-ial' (relating to), so the noun sense 'an expression with two parts' is directly derivable from its components in typical technical usage.
Etymology
Binomial comes from bi- 'two' and nomen 'name'. A helpful image is a simple pair like x + y: a binomial is a 'two-term' expression or a fixed pair of words, so it means an expression made of exactly two parts.