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Definition of Binary system
1. Noun. A positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two.
Generic synonyms: Positional Notation, Positional Representation System
Lexicographical Neighbors of Binary System
Literary usage of Binary system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1906)
"If the two components of a binary system are so far apart that they can be readily
... It must bo remembered that as yet no close binary system has been ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The velocity of the binary system seems to be about 12 km. The determinations of
velocity made in 1896 lie entirely outside of the present range of values, ..."
3. The Binary Stars by Robert Grant Aitken (1918)
"It appeared, upon investigation, that the six plates of 1896 were taken "at
intervals differing but little from multiples of the period of the binary system ..."
4. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1915)
"Altho the method requires more than usual accuracy in the observed velocities,
it has been applied to this binary system for the purpose of illustration. ..."
5. Lectures on the Darwinian Theory by Arthur Milnes Marshall (1894)
"Introduction of the binary system of nomenclature. Birth of the Species Question.
Illustrations of the meaning of the word, Species. ..."
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