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Binomial (disambiguation)
Binomial is an adjective that means "two names". It is used in various contexts:
- in mathematics
- in algebra: polynomial of two terms, see binomial, binomial theorem, binomial type;
- in probability and statistics: see binomial coefficient, binomial distribution, binomial test;
- see list of factorial and binomial topics
- in computer science: see binomial heap;
- in biology: taxonomy (binomial name or shortly binomial), see binomial nomenclature;
- in financial mathematics: see binomial options model, binomial pricing model (lattice model);
- in French: "binomial" (binôme), or "binomial team" (équipe en binôme), is often used for "work-in-two"; e.g. students working together on a project or for practical lab work, or firefighter team (Two-in, two-out).
See also
- trinomial
- polynomial
- multinomial
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