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dyadic system

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binary system

–noun
1. a system involving only two elements, as 0 and 1 or yes and no.
2. Mathematics. a system of counting or measurement whose units are powers of two. Compare binary (def. 2a).
3. Astronomy. binary star.
Also called dyadic system (for defs. 1, 2).


Origin:
1825–35
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