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Binomial

Bī-nō'mi-al, n.

noun

n. [Lat. bis, twice, and nomen, name, Fr. binome, L. Lat. binomius.] (Alg.) An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign plus or minus; as, a + b, or 7 − 3.

Bī-nō'mi-al, a.

adjective

a. Consisting of two terms;—pertaining to binomials; as, a binomial root.

Binomial theorem, the theorem which demonstrates the law of formation of any power of a binomial.

Davies & Peck.