Wiktionary
n. 1 (context astronomy English) Two gravitationally connected stars or other celestial objects which orbit around their center of mass. 2 (context mathematics computing English) A numeric system with a base of 2, using only the numerals 0 and 1.
WordNet
n. a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of 2 [syn: binary numeration system, pure binary numeration system, binary number system]
Wikipedia
A binary system is a system of two objects in space (usually stars, but also brown dwarfs, planets, neutron stars, black holes, galaxies, or asteroids) which are close enough that their gravitational movement causes them to circle around each other (orbit) around a shared mass. Some definitions require that this center of mass is not located within the interior of either object. A multiple system is like a binary system but consists of three or more objects.
Binary system may refer to:
- Binary number system, the base-2 internal "machine language" of computers
- Binary opposition, a bipolar distinction in philosophy, structuralism and critical theory
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Binary system (astronomy), a system of two celestial bodies on a mutual orbit
- Binary asteroid
- Binary star
- Contact binary
- Contact binary (asteroid)
- Double planet
- In chemistry, a system involving two steps, processes or substances
- Mixture
- Azeotrope
- Binary System, a music duo featuring rock musician Roger Miller
- Binary Systems (Aberdeen) is a Graphic Design company based in Aberdeen, Scotland
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Usage examples of "binary system".
Paris, get the coordinates of the binary system from the doctor and set a course.
Yet he was not so clever, all the same, but what he would have laughed in your face if you had accused him of seeking help from the binary system of numbering.
And your point is that this defeat of chaos, the separation of the static, unified world into a binary system, is identified with creation.
Kem Loi, the astronomer, accepted responsibility for all long-range sensing, but was obviously eager to use her spare time to study the binary system.
Bug-06, his probes had quickly revealed, was a largely useless binary system with a K-4 class primary and a dim ember of a red dwarf secondary component.
Bliss said, Yes, but those two stars make up a binary system and one of them has an inhabited planet circling it.
Their entry warp point was a Type One five light-hours from the G8 component of a binary system.
A grid display wavered into focus, showing a privileged view of the binary system: The neutron star, embedded within a large nebula, was coded yellow.