BINARY SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does binary system mean? 

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

1. a positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BINARY SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A positional system of numeration that uses binary digits and a radix of two

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

binary number system; binary numeration system; binary system; pure binary numeration system

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

positional notation; positional representation system (a numeration system in which a real number is represented by an ordered set of characters where the value of a character depends on its position)

 Context examples 

At twice the mass of Earth, the planet orbits one of the stars in the binary system at almost exactly the same distance at which Earth orbits the sun.

(Newfound Frozen World Orbits in Binary Star System, NASA)

The binary system, called KIC 9832227, has long been studied, but in 2013, astronomers noticed a change in its brightness.

(Star Explosion Could Change Night Sky, VOA News)

Although this planet itself is too cold to be habitable, the same planet orbiting a sun-like star in such a binary system would be in the so-called habitable zone — the region where conditions might be right for life.

(Newfound Frozen World Orbits in Binary Star System, NASA)