binomial
pronunciation
How to pronounce binomial in British English:
UK [baɪˈnəʊmiəl]
How to pronounce binomial in American English:
US [baɪˈnoʊmiəl]
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- Noun:
- a quantity expressed as a sum or difference of two terms
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- Adjective:
- relating to binomials
- consisting of two names or terms
Word Origin
- binomial
- 1550s (n.); 1560s (adj.), from Late Latin binomius "having two personal names," a hybrid from bi- (see bi-) + nomius, from nomen (see name (n.)). Taken up 16c. in the algebraic sense "consisting of two terms."
Example
- 1. Pascal published a treatise on binomial coefficient .
- 2. It also points out that binomial distribution is widely used in many other fields , for example , it is typically used in human recourses management and risk management .
- 3. The results show that the spatial distribution patterns of the overwitering pupae obeys common negative binomial distribution , and the larvae obey neyman type a distribution , that the basic component of spatial distribution pattern is loose colony .
- 4. For bivariate binomial process , each quality characteristic is monitored on an individual control chart . The control limits are chosen to minimize deviations to reciprocal of the nominal areas and both control charts have the approximately same the reciprocal of in-control probabilities .
- 5. This is nothing but the binomial expansion .