binomial

binomial has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign plus (+) or minus (-); as, a + b, or 7 - 3.
• a.. Consisting of two terms; pertaining to binomials; as, a binomial root.
• a.. Having two names; -- used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other the species, to which it belongs.
• n.. (mathematics) a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms; a polynomial with two terms
• a.. having or characterized by two names, especially those of genus and species in taxonomies; "binomial nomenclature of bacteria"
• a.. of or relating to or consisting of two terms; "binomial expression"