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binary systems

binary systems is the plural of binary system.

Meaning of binary system

Noun

binary system (plural binary systems)

  1. Two gravitationally connected stars or other celestial objects which orbit around their center of mass.
    • [S]cientists from the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute found subtle dips in the light coming from a binary system about 200 million light years from Earth.2011 December 7, Jeffrey Kluger, “Star Wars Gets Real”, in Time
  2. A numeric system with a base of 2, using only the numerals 0 and 1.
    • Quantum cryptography is one of the first applications of quantum physics, which is expected to replace today's binary system of computing, in which data is represented in series of ones and zeros.2004 January 28, Jennifer L. Schenker, “A quantum leap in codes for secure transmissions”, in New York Times, retrieved 10 Apr 2013

Questions about binary systems

What is binary systems the plural of?
Binary systems is the plural of binary system.

Words near binary systems in the dictionary

  1. binary star
  2. binary star system
  3. binary star systems
  4. binary stars
  5. binary system
  6. binary systems
  7. binary theory
  8. binary tree
  9. binary trees
  10. binary weapon
  11. binary weapons

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