binomial

See also binominal (having two names)

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Latin binōminis (having two parts)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /baɪˈnoʊmiəl/

Adjective

binomial

1. Consisting of two terms, or parts.

Translations

consisting of two parts

• Bulgarian: двучленен (bg) (dvučlenen)
• Dutch: tweeterm (nl)
• Esperanto: binoma (eo)
• Finnish: kaksiosainen (fi)
• Icelandic: tvíliðu- (is), tvíliða (is)

• Italian: binomiale (it)
• Malay: sukudua (ms), binomial (ms)
• Polish: dwumianowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: binomial (pt)
• Spanish: binomial (es)

Noun

binomial (plural binomials)

1. (algebra) A polynomial with two terms.
2. (algebra) A quantity expressed as the sum or difference of two terms.
3. (biology, taxonomy) A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.

Usage notes

• Some people deprecate use of binomial and advocate use only of binominal in taxonomy. See species name for typesetting usage and example.

Synonyms

• (biology, taxonomy): binomen, binomial name, binominal, binominal name, species name

Translations

algebra: polynomial with two terms

• Bulgarian: двучлен (bg) (dvučlen) m
• Catalan: binomi (ca) m
• Esperanto: binomo (eo)
• Finnish: binomi (fi)
• French: binôme (fr) m
• German: Binom (de) n
• Greek: διώνυμο (el) (diṓnymo) m
• Icelandic: tvíliða (is) f, tvíliða stærð (is) f

• Italian: binomio (it) m
• Malay: sukudua (ms), binomial (ms)
• Polish: dwumian (pl) m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) binômio (pt) m, binómio (pt) m
• Russian: двучлен (ru) (dvučlén) m
• Serbo-Croatian: binom (sh) m
• Slovene: binom (sl) m
• Spanish: binomio (es) m
• Swedish: binom (sv)

algebra: quantity expressed as sum of two terms

• Finnish: binomi (fi)
• Icelandic: tvíliða (is) f

• Malay: sukudua (ms), binomial (ms)
• Russian: двучлен (ru) (dvučlén) m

scientific name

• Finnish: tieteellinen nimi (fi)

• Malay: sukudua (ms), binomial (ms)
• Russian: бином (ru) (binóm) m

Derived terms

• binomial coefficient
• binomial distribution
• binomial nomenclature
• binomial theorem

See also

• binominal
• monomial
• trinomial
• quadrinomial

Anagrams

• Mobilian

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Spanish

Adjective

binomial m and f (plural binomiales)

1. binomial