non-binary

See also: nonbinary

English[edit]

non-binary (not comparable)

Not binary.
- 1986, James O. Hicks, Information Systems in Business: An Introduction (page 201)
  Thus digital computers operate directly with digits either at the bit level, which is short for binary digit, or at the byte level where a nonbinary digit such as a decimal number or alphabetic character is represented.
- 2002, Terry L. M. Bartelt, Digital Electronics: An Integrated Laboratory Approach (page 112)
  The most common type of encoder is one that converts a nonbinary number system into an equivalent binary system.
Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is outside of the gender binary; genderqueer.
- 2013, Kim Cook, "This thing called gender", Up Close and Personal, page 85:
  I'm expected to live in a world where […] forms have no or few options for non-binary people, where finding a GP who understands my non-binary needs and identity is a challenge.
- 2017, Jo Green, The Trans Partner Handbook: A Guide for When Your Partner Transitions (ISBN 178450503X):
  [T]he most commonly used non-binary pronouns are the singular “they/their/theirs”.

not binary

outside the gender binary — See also translations at genderqueer

non-binary (plural non-binaries)

(computing) Something which is not a binary (executable computer file).
- 1994 June 7, "Zhar", Don't Post Non-Binaries In alt.binaries.doom, alt.games.doom, Usnet:
  Please don't post non-binaries into alt.binaries.doom. Pretty please.
A genderqueer person.
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:non-binary.