binomial

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  1. adjective Consisting of or relating to two names or terms.
  2. noun Mathematics A polynomial with two terms.
  3. noun Biology A taxonomic name in binomial nomenclature.

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  • The result of this anamnesis was binomial: DEUS could either reanimate the captain—Steergard—or take the physician from the embryonator and transport him to the operating room. —  FIASCO - Stanislaw Lem
  • OBJECTIVE: To empirically compare the Cox, log-binomial, Poisson and logistic regressions to obtain estimates of prevalence ratios (PR) in cross-sectional studies. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Adjusted PR estimates were calculated using Cox and Poisson regressions with robust variance, and using log-binomial regression. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The log-binomial model presented convergence difficulties when the outcome had high prevalence and there was a continuous covariate in the model. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The log-binomial regression model produces unbiased PR estimates, but may present convergence difficulties when the outcome is very prevalent and the confounding variable is continuous. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. From New Latin binōmius, having two names : bi-1 + French nom, name (from Latin nōmen; see nominal).

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  1. from Middle Latin binomius, transitive of Greek ἐκ δύο ὀνομάτων, having two names (from Latin bi-, two-, + nomen, name), + -al; the fuller form would be binominal, q, v.
 

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