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   bi·na·ry

   /ˈbīnərē/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to, composed of, or involving two things: "testing the so-called binary, or dual-chemical, weapons"
   • 2. relating to, using, or expressed in a system of numerical notation that has 2 rather than 10 as a base.

   noun

   • 1. the binary system: binary notation: "the device is counting in binary"
   • 2. something having two parts.
   • ▪ a binary star.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘duality, a pair’): from late Latin binarius, from bini ‘two together’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • B

     3

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • Y

     4

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