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

“At the other extreme, a small stockpile of materials for chemical weapons held in binary form probably wouldn’t cause a huge hazard if bombed,” Guthrie said.

From The Guardian

Undeterred by charges that it was engaging in a war crime, Iraq repeatedly shelled Iranian forces with tabun, and later with sarin as well as a binary form of the agent, cyclosarin.

From Science Magazine

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