Binomial

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Binomial may refer to:

In mathematics:

• Binomial (polynomial), a polynomial with two terms
• Binomial coefficient, numbers appearing in the expansions of powers of binomials
• Binomial QMF, a perfect-reconstruction orthogonal wavelet decomposition
• Binomial theorem, a theorem about powers of binomials
• Binomial type, a property of sequences of polynomials

In probability and statistics:

• Binomial distribution, a type of probability distribution
• Binomial test, a test of significance

In computing science:

• Binomial heap, a data structure

In linguistics:

• Binomial pair, a sequence of two or more words or phrases in the same grammatical category, having some semantic relationship and joined by some syntactic device

In biology:

• Binomial nomenclature, a Latin two-term name for a species, such as Sequoia sempervirens

In finance:

• Binomial options pricing model, a numerical method for the valuation of options

In personal names:

• Binomial names, a system of names in which a personal name is joined by a hereditary surname, as used in Roman naming conventions

In politics:

• Binomial voting system, a voting system used in the parliamentary elections of Chile between 1989 and 2013

See also:

• List of factorial and binomial topics