Part 651

||Bim"a*na (&?;), n. pl. [NL. See Bimanous.] (Zoöl.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia.

Bim"a*nous (&?;), a. [L. bis twice + manus hand.] (Zoöl.) Having two hands; two- handed.

Bi*mar"gin*ate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + marginate.] Having a double margin, as certain shells.

Bi*mas"tism (&?;), n. [Pref. bi- + Gr. &?; breast.] (Anat.) The condition of having two mammæ or teats.

Bi*me"di*al (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + medial.] (Geom.) Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).

Bi*mem"bral (&?;), a. [L. bis twice + membrum member.] (Gram.) Having two members; as, a bimembral sentence. J. W. Gibbs.

Bi*men"sal (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + mensal.] See Bimonthly, a. [Obs. or R.]

Bi*mes"tri*al (&?;), a. [L. bimestris; bis twice + mensis month.] Continuing two months. [R.]

Bi`me*tal"lic (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + metallic: cf. F. bimétallique.] Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency.

Bi*met"al*lism (&?;), n. [F. bimétalisme.] The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism.

The words bimétallisme and monométallisme are due to M. Cernuschi . Littré.

Bi*met"al*list (&?;), n. An advocate of bimetallism.

Bi*month"ly (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + monthly.] Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications. -- n. A bimonthly publication.

Bi*month"ly, adv. Once in two months.

Bi*mus"cu*lar (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + muscular.] (Zoöl.) Having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk.

Bin (&?;), n. [OE. binne, AS. binn manager, crib; perh. akin to D. ben, benne, basket, and to L. benna a kind of carriage ( a Gallic word), W. benn, men, wain, cart.] A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.

Bin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Binned (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Binning.] To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.

Bin. An old form of Be and Been. [Obs.]

Bin-. A euphonic form of the prefix Bi-.

Bi"nal (&?;), a. [See Binary.] Twofold; double. [R.] "Binal revenge, all this." Ford.

Bin`ar*se"ni*ate (&?;), n. [Pref. bin- + arseniate.] (Chem.) A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base. Graham.

Bi"na*ry (&?;), a. [L. binarius, fr. bini two by two, two at a time, fr. root of bis twice; akin to E. two: cf. F. binaire.] Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things).

Binary arithmetic, that in which numbers are expressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplying everything by two, as in common arithmetic by ten. Thus, 1 is one; 10 is two; 11 is three; 100 is four, etc. Davies & Peck. -- Binary compound (Chem.), a compound of two elements, or of an element and a compound performing the function of an element, or of two compounds performing the function of elements. -- Binary logarithms, a system of logarithms devised by Euler for facilitating musical calculations, in which 1 is the logarithm of 2, instead of 10, as in the common logarithms, and the modulus 1.442695 instead of .43429448. -- Binary measure (Mus.), measure divisible by two or four; common time. -- Binary nomenclature (Nat. Hist.), nomenclature in which the names designate both genus and species. -- Binary scale (Arith.), a uniform scale of notation whose ratio is two. -- Binary star (Astron.), a double star whose members have a revolution round their common center of gravity. -- Binary theory (Chem.), the theory that all chemical compounds consist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities.

Bi"na*ry, n. That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality. Fotherby.

Bi"nate (&?;), a. [L. bini two and two.] (Bot.) Double; growing in pairs or couples. Gray.

Bin*au"ral (&?;), a. [Pref. bin- + aural.] Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears.

Bind (&?;), v. t. [imp. Bound (&?;); p. p. Bound, formerly Bounden (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. &?; (for &?;) cable, and L. offendix. √90.] 1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.