an·ni·hi·la·tor

[uh-nahy-uh-ley-ter]
noun
1.
a person or thing that annihilates.
2.
Mathematics. the set of all linear functionals that map to zero all elements of a given subset of a vector space.

Origin:
1690–1700; annihilate + -or2

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annihilate (əˈnaɪəˌleɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  (tr) to destroy completely; extinguish
2.  informal (tr) to defeat totally, as in debate or argument
3.  (intr) physics to undergo annihilation
 
[C16: from Late Latin annihilāre to bring to nothing, from Latin nihil nothing]
 
annihilable
 
adj
 
an'nihilative
 
adj
 
an'nihilator
 
n

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Annihilator is always a great word to know.
So is binary. Does it mean:
a system of numerical notation to the base 2, in which each place of a number, expressed as 0 or 1, corresponds to a power of 2
a variable in a functional relation whose value determines the value or values of other variables, such as x in the relation y = 3x
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