n. [ L. ad + E. combination. ] A combining together. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Binary. ] Twofold; double. [ R. ] “Binal revenge, all this.” Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bin- + arseniate. ] (Chem.) A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base. Graham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. binarius, fr. bini two by two, two at a time, fr. root of bis twice; akin to E. two: cf. F. binaire. ] Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things). [ 1913 Webster ]

Binary arithmetic, that in which numbers are expressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplying everything by two, as in common arithmetic by ten. Thus, 1 is one; 10 is two; 11 is three; 100 is four, etc. Davies & Peck. --
Binary compound (Chem.), a compound of two elements, or of an element and a compound performing the function of an element, or of two compounds performing the function of elements. --
Binary logarithms, a system of logarithms devised by Euler for facilitating musical calculations, in which 1 is the logarithm of 2, instead of 10, as in the common logarithms, and the modulus 1.442695 instead of .43429448. --
Binary measure (Mus.), measure divisible by two or four; common time. --
Binary nomenclature (Nat. Hist.), nomenclature in which the names designate both genus and species. --
Binary scale (Arith.), a uniform scale of notation whose ratio is two. --
Binary star (Astron.), a double star whose members have a revolution round their common center of gravity. --
Binary theory (Chem.), the theory that all chemical compounds consist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality. Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bini two and two. ] (Bot.) Double; growing in pairs or couples. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bin- + aural. ] Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To hum; to boom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A humming or buzzing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. combinable. ] Capable of combining; consistent with. [ R. ] M. Arnold.

-- Com*bin"a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ LL. combinatus, p. p. ] United; joined; betrothed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. combinatio. See Combine. ] 1. The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things. [ 1913 Webster ]

Making new compounds by new combinations. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

A solemn combination shall be made
Of our dear souls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; -- usually in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combination of the most powerful men in Rome who had conspired my ruin. Melmoth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. (Math.) The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In combinations no regard is paid to the order in which the objects are arranged in each group, while in variations and permutations this order is respected. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

Combination car, a railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes. [ U. S. ] --
Combination lock, a lock in which the mechanism is controlled by means of a movable dial (sometimes by several dials or rings) inscribed with letters or other characters. The bolt of the lock can not be operated until after the dial has been so turned as to combine the characters in a certain order or succession. --
Combination room, in the University of Cambridge, Eng., a room into which the fellows withdraw after dinner, for wine, dessert, and conversation. --
Combination by volume (Chem.), the act, process, or ratio by which gaseous elements and compounds unite in definite proportions by volume to form distinct compounds. --
Combination by weight (Chem.), the act, process, or ratio, in which substances unite in proportions by weight, relatively fixed and exact, to form distinct compounds. See Law of definite proportions, under Definite.

Syn. -- Cabal; alliance; association; league; union; confederacy; coalition; conspiracy. See Cabal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or relating to combinations.
Syn. -- combinable, combinatory, combining(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. produced by a combinatorial process. [ Narrower terms: combinable, combinational, combinatory, combining(prenominal) ] Also See: integrative. Antonym: noncombinative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. able to combine; tending to combine. [ Narrower terms: integrative (vs. disintegrative) ]
Syn. -- combinatory, combinatorial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. able to combine; tending to combine. same as combinative, 2. [ Narrower terms: integrative (vs. disintegrative) ]
Syn. -- combinative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or relating to combinations. [ Narrower terms: combinative (vs. noncombinative) ] WordNet 1.5 ]

3. produced by a process of combining; as, a combinatorial explosion of possibilities; -- used especially in reference to mathematical or statistical processes of computing possible combinations.
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adj. 1. same as combinatorial, 1.
Syn. -- combinative, combinatorial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. able to be combined.
Syn. -- combinable, combinational, combining(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. same as combinatorial, 2. [ Narrower terms: combinative (vs. noncombinative) ]
Syn. -- combinatorial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The practice of concubinage. [ Obs. ] Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In some countries, concubinage is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity than a true or formal marriage; or marriage with a woman of inferior condition, to whom the husband does not convey his rank or quality. Under Roman law, it was the living of a man and woman in sexual relations without marriage, but in conformity with local law. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concubinalis. ] Of or pertaining to concubinage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. Concubinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. concubinarius. ] Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Concubinaries One who lives in concubinage. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concubinatus. ] Concubinage. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ethmoid + turbinal. ] See Turbinal. -- n. An ethmoturbinal bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Maxilla + turbinal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxillary and turbinal regions of the skull. -- n. The maxillo-turbinal, or inferior turbinate, bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Naso- + turbinal. ] (Anat.) Connected with, or near, both the turbinal and the nasal bones; as, the nasoturbinal bone, made up of the uppermost lammelae of the ethmoturbinal, and sometimes united with the nasal. -- n. The nasoturbinal bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not combinative. Opposite of combinative. [ Narrower terms: noncombining ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Genetics) not produced by genetic recombination. [ PJC ]

a. [ Pseudo- + turbinal. ] (Anat.) See under Turbinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Combination a second or additional time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. tubus tube + nares the nostrils. ] (Zool.) A tribe of sea birds comprising the petrels, shearwaters, albatrosses, hagdons, and allied birds having tubular horny nostrils. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. [ See Turbary. ] Of or pertaining to peat, or turf; of the nature of peat, or turf; peaty; turfy. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. turbo, turben, -inis, a top, whirl. ] (Anat.) Rolled in a spiral; scroll-like; turbinate; -- applied to the thin, plicated, bony or cartilaginous plates which support the olfactory and mucous membranes of the nasal chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are usually several of these plates in each nasal chamber. The upper ones, connected directly with the ethmoid bone, are called ethmoturbinals, and the lower, connected with the maxillae, maxillo-turbinals. Incurved portions of the wall of the nasal chamber are sometimes called pseudoturbinals, to distinguish them from the true turbinals which are free outgrowths into the chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) A turbinal bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To revolve or spin like a top; to whirl. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. turbinatus, fr. turbo, turben, turbinis, a whirl, top. ] 1. Whirling in the manner of a top. [ 1913 Webster ]

A spiral and turbinated motion of the whole. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) Turbinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) Spiral with the whorls decreasing rapidly from a large base to a pointed apex; -- said of certain shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. tirbinatio a pointing in the form of a cone. See Turbinate. ] The act of spinning or whirling, as a top. [ 1913 Webster ]

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