binäärinen

• binaarinen

Ultimately from Late Latin bīnārius (“consisting of two”), likely through Swedish binär and/or German binär, themselves from French binaire. Cognate with English binary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbinæːrinen/,
• Rhymes: -inen
• Hyphenation^(key): bi‧nää‧ri‧nen

binäärinen (comparative binäärisempi, superlative binäärisin)

1. binary (being in a state of one of two mutually exclusive conditions)
2. binary (consisting of two elements or parts)

   Vesi on binäärinen yhdiste.

   Water is a binary compound.

3. (mathematics) binary (based on two digits, usually defined as 0 and 1)

• Kotus seems to favor binaarinen , but binäärinen appears to be more widely used.

• “binäärinen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02