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binomial

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Word definitions for binomial in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Binomial \Bi*no"mi*al\, a. Consisting of two terms; pertaining to binomials; as, a binomial root. (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, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Consisting of two terms, or parts. n. 1 (context algebra English) A polynomial with two terms. 2 (context algebra English) A quantity expressed as the sum or difference of two terms. 3 (context biology taxonomy English) A scientific name at the rank ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In algebra , a binomial is a polynomial that is the sum of two terms, each of which is a monomial . It is the simplest kind of polynomial after the monomials .

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s (n.); 1560s (adj.), from Late Latin binomius "having two personal names," a hybrid from bi- (see bi- ) + nomius , from nomen (see name (n.)). Taken up 16c. in the algebraic sense "consisting of two terms."

Usage examples of binomial.

Carolus, 1707-78, Swedish botanist and taxonomist, considered the founder of the binomial system of nomenclature and the originator of modern scientific classification of plants and animals.

Adams, who was not really sure at all, and he went on his way reflecting that wonders would never cease, and that if Old Binomial was going to appear, he would certainly not miss the play for anything, as it was sure to yield a few good unintentional laughs.

And yet, Holmes went on to explain, this same man was immune to suspicion, a respected mathematics professor in fact, and the celebrated author of a brilliant treatise on the binomial theorem as well as of The Dynamics of an Asteroid, a book of rarefied scientific scholarship much ahead of its time.

He kept the name as a convenience and, under it, published two treatises, on the binomial theorem and small planetary bodies, which drew on future knowledge.

I want him to yadder childishly to me about the binomial theorem after breakfast.

I once believed, back when I also believed both Moriarty and I to be human, that the professor possessed a keen interest in binomials.

The hardest one somebody gave me was the binomial coefficient of x10 in (1 + x)20.

Bernoulli's Theorem, the Bayes-Laplace theorem, the Poisson Distribution, Negative Binomial Distribution .

Suffice it that Poisson was a mathematician and that Poisson's frequency distribution is a good approximation to the binomial distribution as the number of trials increases and probability of success in a single trial is small.

It was full of numbers: a table for binomial distribution of coin-tossing probabilities, with x as the probability of throwing n heads, divided by the probability of throwing an equal number of heads and tails.

I can't recommend direct analysis using the binomial expansion without pre-computa-tion, even using Pascal's triangle -- the figures are incredibly astronomical!

I can't recommend direct analysis using the binomial expansion without pre-computa-tion, even using Pascal's triangle - the figures are incredibly astronomical!

And still these men had asked nothing about the binomial theorem or the method of fluxions as the basis of calculus, and they had laughed at his codification of the quantitative laws of universal dynamics.

If there's a formula - some binomial theorem or quadratic equation or something like that - I don't see it.

Linnaeus, Carolus, 1707-78, Swedish botanist and taxonomist, considered the founder of the binomial system of nomenclature and the originator of modern scientific classification of plants and animals.