Binaural Bin·au"ral adjective [ Prefix
bin- +
aural .]
Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears.
Binbashi Bin·bash"i noun [ Turk., prop., chief of a thousand;
bin thousand +
bash head.]
(Mil.) A major in the Turkish army.
Bind Bind transitive verb [
imperfect Bound ;
past participle Bound , formerly
Bounden ;
present participle & verbal noun Binding .] [ Anglo-Saxon
bindan , perfect tense
band ,
bundon , past participle
bunden ; akin to D. & German
binden , Danish
binde , Swedish & Icelandic
binda , Goth.
bindan , Sanskrit
bandh (for
bhandh ) to bind, confer Greek
... (for
... ) cable, and Latin
offendix . √90.]
1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner. 2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams. He bindeth the floods from overflowing.
Job xxviii. 11.
Whom Satan hath bound , lo, these eighteen years.
Luke xiii. 16.
3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up ; as, to bind up a wound. 4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part. 5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels. 6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment. 7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book. 8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other. Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
Milton.
9. (Law) (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. Abbott. (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out ; as, bound out to service. To bind over ,
to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc. --
To bind to ,
to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife. --
To bind up in ,
to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in. Syn. -- To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
Bind Bind intransitive verb 1. To tie; to confine by any ligature. They that reap must sheaf and bind .
Shak.
2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. Mortimer. 3. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. 4. To exert a binding or restraining influence. Locke.
Bind Bind noun 1. That which binds or ties. 2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine. 3. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan. 4. (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
Binder Bind"er noun 1. One who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books. 2. Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; -- esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building.
Bindery Bind"er·y noun A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment.
Bindheimite Bind"heim·ite noun [ From
Bindheim , a German who analyzed it.]
(Min.) An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.
Binding Bind"ing adjective That binds; obligatory. Binding beam (Architecture) ,
the main timber in double flooring. --
Binding joist (Architecture) ,
the secondary timber in double-framed flooring. Syn. -- Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic.
Binding Bind"ing noun 1. The act or process of one who, or that which, binds. 2. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling. 3. plural (Nautical) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.
Binding post Bind"ing post` (Electricity) A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.
Binding screw Bind"ing screw` A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit.
Bindingly Bind"ing·ly adverb So as to bind.
Bindingness Bind"ing·ness noun The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality. Coleridge.
Bindweed Bind"weed` noun (Botany) A plant of the genus Convolvulus ; as, greater bindweed ( C. Sepium ); lesser bindweed ( C. arvensis ); the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed . The black bryony, or Tamus , is called black bindweed , and the Smilax aspera , rough bindweed . The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings.
Tennyson.
Bine Bine noun [
Bind , confer
Woodbine .]
The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.
Binervate Bi·nerv"ate adjective [ Latin
bis twice +
nervus sinew, nerve.]
1. (Botany) Two- nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves. 2. (Zoology) Having only two nerves, as the wings of some insects.
Bing Bing noun [ Confer Icelandic
bingr , Swedish
binge , German
beige ,
beuge . Confer Prov. English
bink bench, and
bench coal the uppermost stratum of coal.]
A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood. "Potato
bings ."
Burns. "A
bing of corn."
Surrey. [ Obsolete or Dial. Eng. & Scot.]
Biniodide Bin·i"o·dide noun Same as Diiodide .
Bink Bink noun A bench. [ North of Eng. & Scot.]
Binnacle Bin"na·cle noun [ For
bittacle , corrupted (perh. by influence of
bin ) from Portuguese
bitacola binnacle, from Latin
habitaculum dwelling place, from
habitare to dwell. See
Habit , and confer
Bittacle .]
(Nautical) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten.
Binny Bin"ny noun (Zoology) A large species of barbel ( Barbus bynni ), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.
Binocle Bin"o·cle noun [ French
binocle ; Latin
bini two at a time +
oculus eye.]
(Opt.) A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass.
Binocular Bin·oc"u·lar adjective [ Confer French
binoculaire . See
Binocle .]
1. Having two eyes. "Most animals are
binocular ."
Derham. 2. Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once; as, binocular vision. 3. Adapted to the use of both eyes; as, a binocular microscope or telescope. Brewster.
Binocular Bin·oc"u·lar noun A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
Binocularly Bin·oc"u·lar·ly adverb In a binocular manner.
Binoculate Bin·oc"u·late adjective Having two eyes.
Binomial Bi·no"mi·al noun [ Latin
bis twice +
nomen name: confer French
binome , Late Latin
binomius (or from
bi- + Greek
... distribution ?). Confer
Monomial .]
(Alg.) An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign plus (+) or minus (-); as, a + b , or 7 - 3 .
Binomial Bi·no"mi·al adjective 1. Consisting of two terms; pertaining to binomials; as, a binomial root. 2. (Nat. Hist.) Having two names; -- used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other the species, to which it belongs. Binomial theorem (Alg.) ,
the theorem which expresses the law of formation of any power of a binomial.
Binominal Bi·nom"i·nal adjective [ See
Binomial .]
Of or pertaining to two names; binomial.
Binominous Bi·nom"i·nous adjective Binominal. [ Obsolete]
Binotonous Bi·not"o·nous adjective [ Latin
bini two at a time +
tonus , from Greek
... , tone.]
Consisting of two notes; as, a binotonous cry.
Binous Bi"nous adjective Same as Binate .
Binoxalate Bin·ox"a·late noun [ Prefix
bin- +
oxalate .]
(Chemistry) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.
Binoxide Bin·ox"ide noun [ Prefix
bin- +
oxide .]
(Chemistry) Same as Dioxide .
Binturong Bin"tu·rong noun (Zoology) A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis .
Binuclear, Binucleate Bi·nu"cle·ar, Bi·nu"cle·ate adjective [ Prefix
bi- +
nuclear ,
nucleate .]
(Biol.) Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells.
Binucleolate Bi·nu"cle·o·late adjective [ Prefix
bi- +
nucleolus .]
(Biol.) Having two nucleoli.
Bioblast Bi"o·blast noun [ Greek
... life +
-blast .]
(Biol.) Same as Bioplast .
Biocellate Bi·oc"el·late adjective [ Latin
bis twice +
ocellatus . See
Ocellated .]
(Zoology) Having two ocelli (eyelike spots); -- said of a wing, etc.
Biochemistry Bi`o·chem"is·try noun [ Greek
... life + English
chemistry .]
(Biol.) The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.
Biodynamic, Biodynamical Bi`o·dy·nam"ic, Bi`o·dy·nam"ic·al adjective (Biol.) Of or pertaining to biodynamics, or the doctrine of vital forces or energy.
Biodynamics Bi`o·dy·nam"ics noun [ Greek
... life + English
dynamics .]
(Biol.) The doctrine of vital forces or energy.
Biodynamics Bi`o·dy·nam"ics noun The branch of biology which treats of the active vital phenomena of organisms; -- opposed to biostatics .
Biogen Bi"o·gen noun [ Greek
... life +
-gen .]
(Biol.) Bioplasm.
Biogenesis, Biogeny Bi`o·gen"e·sis, Bi·og"e·ny noun [ Greek
... life +
... ,
... , birth.]
(Biol.) (a) A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- opposed to abiogenesis . (b) Life development generally.
Biogenetic Bi`o·ge·net"ic adjective (Biol.) Pertaining to biogenesis.
Biogenist Bi·og"e·nist noun A believer in the theory of biogenesis.
Biogeography Bi`o·ge·og"ra·phy noun [ Greek
bi`os life + English
geography .]
The branch of biology which deals with the geographical distribution of animals and plants. It includes both zoögeography and phytogeography. - -
Bi`o*ge`o*graph"ic adjective --
Bi`o*ge`o*graph"ic*al*ly adverb
Biognosis Bi`og·no"sis noun [ Greek
... life +
... investigation.]
(Biol.) The investigation of life.
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