Binary
adjective
Something that involves two things or parts.
The binary system uses only two digits, 0 and 1.
Often appears as...
- binary system
- binary opposition
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Technical
adjective
Relating to a system of numerical notation that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.
In computer science, binary code is used to represent text or instructions.
Often appears as...
- binary code
- binary data
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noun
A pair of stars that orbit around their common center of mass.
Alpha Centauri is a binary star system.
Often appears as...
- binary star system
- binary system
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Academic
adjective
Something that can be split into two groups or categories.
Gender is often viewed in a binary way: male or female.
Often appears as...
- binary distinction
- binary opposition
noun
A binary weapon or bomb is an explosive that has two parts which combine to produce their effect.
The military is experimenting with binary weapons technology.
Often appears as...
- binary weapon
- binary explosive
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Technical
adjective
Something that involves two things or parts.
The binary system uses only two digits, 0 and 1.
Often appears as...
- binary system
- binary opposition
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Relating to a system of numerical notation that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.
In computer science, binary code is used to represent text or instructions.
Often appears as...
- binary code
- binary data
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A pair of stars that orbit around their common center of mass.
Alpha Centauri is a binary star system.
Often appears as...
- binary star system
- binary system
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Something that can be split into two groups or categories.
Gender is often viewed in a binary way: male or female.
Often appears as...
- binary distinction
- binary opposition
noun
A binary weapon or bomb is an explosive that has two parts which combine to produce their effect.
The military is experimenting with binary weapons technology.
Often appears as...
- binary weapon
- binary explosive
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Partnership Concept
Think of 'binary' as a partnership where two components must work together.
In a binary choice, both options are directly interrelated.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Computers
Remember 'binary' isn't just for computers; it's used in many dual systems.
The recipe calls for a binary mixture of sugar and salt.
Pro Tip 1/2Partnership Concept
Think of 'binary' as a partnership where two components must work together.
In a binary choice, both options are directly interrelated.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Computers
Remember 'binary' isn't just for computers; it's used in many dual systems.
The recipe calls for a binary mixture of sugar and salt.
Pro Tip 1/2Partnership Concept
Think of 'binary' as a partnership where two components must work together.
In a binary choice, both options are directly interrelated.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Computers
Remember 'binary' isn't just for computers; it's used in many dual systems.
The recipe calls for a binary mixture of sugar and salt.
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How exactly does binary...
that determines the intensity of that particular color. Then, a video driver program transmits this information to the millions of liquid crystals in your screen to make all the different hues you see now. The sound in this video is also stored in binary, with the help of a technique called pulse code modulation.
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A queer vision of love...
But it's this type of structuring that has to be reframed in order to let love in. My body never betrayed me, and my body was never wrong. It's this restrictive, binary thinking on gender that said that I didn't exist. But when we met, she loved me for exactly how I showed up.
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How high can you count...
Let's forget about finger sections for a moment and look at the simplest case of having just two options per finger, up and down. This won't allow us to represent powers of ten, but it's perfect for the counting system that uses powers of two, otherwise known as binary.
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The life cycle of a...
as it radiates away its energy in the form of electromagnetic and gravity waves. But not all neutron stars disappear so quietly. For example, we’ve observed binary systems where a neutron star co-orbits another star. A neutron star can feed on a lighter companion,
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Zen kōans: Unsolvable...
such as living without physical or mental attachments, avoiding binary thinking, and realizing one’s true “Buddha-nature." But by framing those lessons as illogical anecdotes, they became tests to help practicing monks learn to live with ambiguity and paradox.
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Inventing Graphics on...
Castillo we live in this modern world hugely interconnected globally based in large part on our ability to communicate graphically everything from like binary coding computers to texting and we take
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The way we think about...
that we don't fit inside our boxes, either. And the truth is that nobody actually fits in a box, because they don't exist. This binary, this false male-female facade is something we constructed,
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East vs west -- the...
Take a look. If you live only once, in one-life cultures around the world, you will see an obsession with binary logic, absolute truth, standardization, absoluteness, linear patterns in design.
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Why we need gender-neutra...
Yeah? As a trans person who doesn't fit neatly into the gender binary, if I could change the world tomorrow to make it easier for me to navigate, the very first thing I would do
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Lifesaving tech powered...
keep it at a little less than that because that's probably too warm that led to a very important design decision to make it binary green means product is good to go
Video examples
How exactly does binary...
that determines the intensity of that particular color. Then, a video driver program transmits this information to the millions of liquid crystals in your screen to make all the different hues you see now. The sound in this video is also stored in binary, with the help of a technique called pulse code modulation.
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
But it's this type of structuring that has to be reframed in order to let love in. My body never betrayed me, and my body was never wrong. It's this restrictive, binary thinking on gender that said that I didn't exist. But when we met, she loved me for exactly how I showed up.
Video examples
How high can you count...
Let's forget about finger sections for a moment and look at the simplest case of having just two options per finger, up and down. This won't allow us to represent powers of ten, but it's perfect for the counting system that uses powers of two, otherwise known as binary.
Video examples
The life cycle of a...
as it radiates away its energy in the form of electromagnetic and gravity waves. But not all neutron stars disappear so quietly. For example, we’ve observed binary systems where a neutron star co-orbits another star. A neutron star can feed on a lighter companion,
Video examples
Zen kōans: Unsolvable...
such as living without physical or mental attachments, avoiding binary thinking, and realizing one’s true “Buddha-nature." But by framing those lessons as illogical anecdotes, they became tests to help practicing monks learn to live with ambiguity and paradox.
Video examples
Inventing Graphics on...
Castillo we live in this modern world hugely interconnected globally based in large part on our ability to communicate graphically everything from like binary coding computers to texting and we take
Video examples
The way we think about...
that we don't fit inside our boxes, either. And the truth is that nobody actually fits in a box, because they don't exist. This binary, this false male-female facade is something we constructed,
Video examples
East vs west -- the...
Take a look. If you live only once, in one-life cultures around the world, you will see an obsession with binary logic, absolute truth, standardization, absoluteness, linear patterns in design.
Video examples
Why we need gender-neutra...
Yeah? As a trans person who doesn't fit neatly into the gender binary, if I could change the world tomorrow to make it easier for me to navigate, the very first thing I would do
Video examples
Lifesaving tech powered...
keep it at a little less than that because that's probably too warm that led to a very important design decision to make it binary green means product is good to go
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Thomas Chatterton Williams
American Critic
What I know now is that I used to not just tolerate but submit to and even on some deep level need our society's web of problems called race, its received and dangerous habits of thinking about and organizing people along a binary of white and black, free and unfree, even once I suspected them to be irredeemably flawed.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
First things first' might be a cliche, but it's a useful one that means prioritizing what matters most to you and believing there is no wrong answer. When it comes to figuring this out for yourself, the careful binary of work or life entirely misses the point.
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Masaba Gupta
Indian Designer
We are now welcoming a world where fashion is not bogged down by binary gender norms. The trend is moving beyond symbolizing its wearers' identity or gender. It's now being accepted by the mainstream as more of a look, both on the catwalk and the high street.
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Hugh Grant
English Actor
It's very true that you can be both selfless and selfish at the same time. What we tend towards, particularly in filmmaking, is this binary sort of, 'This is a good guy, this is a bad guy.' And I quite like the fact that life is a bit more complex than that.
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William Gaddis
American Novelist
I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the binary world where there is no option other than yes or no and where there is no refuge.
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Richard Powers
American Novelist
This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling, or about politics and idea, is just a false binary. Ideas are an expression of the feelings and the intense emotions we hold about the world.
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Phyllis Schlafly
American Activist
Anyone with a child knows that children learn about the world through binary options: up or down, hot or cold, big or little, inside or outside, wet or dry, good or bad, boy or girl, man or woman.
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Tommy Dorfman
American Actor
It's challenging to find self-love when there's confusion and you're living in a world that's seemingly very binary and black and white.
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Nicole Maines
American Actress
I think our society has sort of built this gender binary, and the way we've said it exists does not really exist in nature.
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Laura Kuenssberg
British Journalist
Human beings rarely do things for a binary reason.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams
American Critic
What I know now is that I used to not just tolerate but submit to and even on some deep level need our society's web of problems called race, its received and dangerous habits of thinking about and organizing people along a binary of white and black, free and unfree, even once I suspected them to be irredeemably flawed.
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Stacey Abrams
American Politician
First things first' might be a cliche, but it's a useful one that means prioritizing what matters most to you and believing there is no wrong answer. When it comes to figuring this out for yourself, the careful binary of work or life entirely misses the point.
Quote examples
Masaba Gupta
Indian Designer
We are now welcoming a world where fashion is not bogged down by binary gender norms. The trend is moving beyond symbolizing its wearers' identity or gender. It's now being accepted by the mainstream as more of a look, both on the catwalk and the high street.
Quote examples
Hugh Grant
English Actor
It's very true that you can be both selfless and selfish at the same time. What we tend towards, particularly in filmmaking, is this binary sort of, 'This is a good guy, this is a bad guy.' And I quite like the fact that life is a bit more complex than that.
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William Gaddis
American Novelist
I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the binary world where there is no option other than yes or no and where there is no refuge.
Quote examples
Richard Powers
American Novelist
This idea that a book can either be about character and feeling, or about politics and idea, is just a false binary. Ideas are an expression of the feelings and the intense emotions we hold about the world.
Quote examples
Phyllis Schlafly
American Activist
Anyone with a child knows that children learn about the world through binary options: up or down, hot or cold, big or little, inside or outside, wet or dry, good or bad, boy or girl, man or woman.
Quote examples
Tommy Dorfman
American Actor
It's challenging to find self-love when there's confusion and you're living in a world that's seemingly very binary and black and white.
Quote examples
Nicole Maines
American Actress
I think our society has sort of built this gender binary, and the way we've said it exists does not really exist in nature.
Quote examples
Laura Kuenssberg
British Journalist
Human beings rarely do things for a binary reason.
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