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<hw>Bin*</hw>. <def>A euphonic form of the prefix <er>Bi-</er>.</def>

<h1>Binal</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi"nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Binary</er>.]</ety> <def>Twofold; double.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Binal</i> revenge, all this."

<i>Ford.</i>

<h1>Binarseniate</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bin`ar*se"ni*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bin-</ets> + <ets>arseniate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base.</def>

<i>Graham.</i>

<h1>Binary</h1> <Xpage=146>

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

<cs><col>Binary arithmetic</col>, <cd>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. <i>Davies<i> & <i>Peck<i>.</cd> -- <col>Binary compound</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Binary logarithms</col>, <cd>a system of logarithms devised by Euler for facilitating musical calculations, in which 1 is logarithm of 2, instead of 10, as in the common logarithms, and the modulus 1.442695 instead of .43429448.</cd> -- <col>Binary measure</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>measure divisible by two or four; common time.</cd> -- <col>Binary nomenclature</col> <fld>(Nat. Hist.)</fld>, <cd>nomenclature in which the names designate both genus and species.</cd> -- <col>Binary scale</col> <fld>(Arith.)</fld>, <cd>a uniform scale of notation whose ratio is two.</cd> -- <col>Binary star</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>a double star whose members have a revolution round their common center of gravity.</cd> -- <col>Binary theory</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>the theory that all chemical compounds consist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities.</cd></cs>

<h1>Binary</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi"na*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality.</def>

<i>Fotherby.</i>

<h1>Binate</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi"nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bini</ets> two and two.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Double; growing in pairs or couples.</def>

<i> Gray.</i>

<h1>Binaural</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bin*au"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bin-</ets> + <ets>aural</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears.</def>

<h1>Bind</h1> <Xpage=146>

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

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; <as>as, attraction <ex>binds</ex> the planets to the sun; frost <ex>binds</ex> the earth, or the streams.</as></def>

<blockquote>He <b>bindeth</b> the floods from overflowing. <i>Job xxviii. 11.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Whom Satan hath <b>bound</b>, lo, these eighteen years. <i> Luke xiii. 16.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with <i>up</i>; <as>as, to <ex>bind</ex> up a wound</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To make fast ( a thing) <i>about</i> or <i>upon</i> something, as by tying; to encircle <i>with</i> something; <as>as, to <ex>bind</ex> a belt about one; to <ex>bind</ex> a compress upon a part.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; <as>as, certain drugs <ex>bind</ex> the bowels</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; <as>as, to <ex>bind</ex> a book</as>.</def>