non-binary

See also: nonbinary

English

Etymology

non- +‎ binary

Adjective

non-binary (not comparable)

1. 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.

   1. (LGBT) 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.

Synonyms

• (outside of the gender binary): genderqueer

Translations

not binary

• Esperanto: neduuma

• Interlingua: non binari

outside the gender binary — See also translations at genderqueer

• Esperanto: neduuma
• French: non-binaire
• German: nichtbinär, nicht-binär, nonbinär

• Interlingua: non binari
• Spanish: no-binario

Noun

non-binary (plural non-binaries)

1. (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.

2. genderqueer