binary form

American  

noun

1. a basic musical form having two closely related sections.

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binary form British  

noun

1. music a structure consisting of two sections, each being played twice

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Etymology

Origin of binary form

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

We almost certainly have to stop thinking about this disease in binary form.

From Salon

This binary form befits a movie that, in style and tone, takes cartoons as its model.

From New York Times

The dots represent information in binary form, a standard that should be comprehensible even in the distant future and can be read with a basic optical microscope.

From Scientific American

As an example, the theory of the invariants of a binary form may be considered.

From Project Gutenberg

In this respect it follows the suggestion of the older "binary form," in which sarabands, gavottes, and the like were written by Bach.

From Project Gutenberg