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Formed from Late Latin binōmium + -al. The derivation of binōmium is unclear. It was used by Gerard of Cremona in the 12th century. Suggested sources are the Latin nōmen (“name”), the Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “distribution, pasture”), or the Old French nom (“name”). Gérard de Crémone used the word in his translation of an Arabic commentary on Euclid, corresponding to the Greek "ἐκ δύο ὀνομάτων".[1] Compare binomy and binominal, as well as the French binôme. By surface analysis, bi- +‎ -nomial.

binomial (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of two terms, or parts.
    • 1992, Rhoda Rabkin, “The Aylwin Government and ‘Tutelary’ Democracy: A Concept in Search of a Case?”, in Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, volume 34, number 4, →JSTOR, page 139:
      Finally, instead of returning to Chile’s traditional proportional representation system, the law adopted the “binomial” system, which gave strong incentives to the parties to form broad coalitions.
  2. (statistics) Of or relating to the binomial distribution.
    • 1991 November 23, D. J. Nokes, R. M. Anderson, “Vaccine safety versus vaccine efficacy in mass immunisation programmes”, in The Lancet, volume 338, number 8778, →DOI, page 1309:
      Assuming a normal approximation to binomial probabilities the proportion of total complications reported for 1979–85 in the age class 0–14 years was significantly higher than the proportion in the same age class for the period 1962–69 (p < 0·0001)

consisting of two parts

polynomials by number of terms

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binomial (plural binomials)

  1. (algebra) A polynomial with two terms.
    Synonym: (archaic) binome
  2. (algebra) A quantity expressed as the sum or difference of two terms.
  3. (taxonomy) A scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.
    Synonyms: binomen, binomial name, binominal, binominal name, species name, dionym

algebra: polynomial with two terms

  1. ^ “binôme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

binomial m or f (masculine and feminine plural binomials)

  1. binomial

binomial (feminine binomiale, masculine plural binomiaux, feminine plural binomiales)

  1. binomial

Borrowed from Dutch binomiaal, from Late Latin binōmium + -al.

binomial (plural **binomial-binomial)

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

binomial m or f (plural binomiais)

  1. binomial (consisting of two parts)

Borrowed from French binomial.

binomial m or n (feminine singular binomială, masculine plural binomiali, feminine/neuter plural binomiale)

  1. binomial

binomial m or f (masculine and feminine plural binomiales)

  1. binomial

Borrowed from English binomial.

binomial m (plural binomialau)

  1. (statistics) binomial