BINARY COMPOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does binary compound mean? 

• BINARY COMPOUND (noun)
  The noun BINARY COMPOUND has 1 sense:

1. chemical compound composed of only two elements

  Familiarity information: BINARY COMPOUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BINARY COMPOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chemical compound composed of only two elements

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("binary compound" is a kind of...):

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "binary compound"):

common salt; sodium chloride (a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl))

ammonia (a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3))

calcium carbide (a grey salt of calcium (CaC) used in making acetylene)

H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)

hydride (any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and other elements)