BINK, bingk, _n._ a Scotch form of BENCH.
BINNACLE, bin'a-kl, _n._ (_naut._) the box in which on shipboard the
compass is kept. [Formerly _bittacle_--Port. _bitácola_--L. _habitaculum_,
a dwelling-place--_habit-[=a]re_, to dwell.]
BINOCLE, bin'o-kl, _n._ a telescope through which an object can be viewed
with both eyes at the same time.--_adj._ BINOC'ULAR, having two eyes:
suitable for two eyes.--_adv._ BINOC'ULARLY. [L. _bini_, two by two,
_oculus_, an eye.]
BINOMIAL, b[=i]-n[=o]m'i-al, _adj._ and _n._ (_alg._) a quantity consisting
of two terms or parts, as _a_+b.--BINOMIAL THEOREM, a series of analytical
formulæ by which any power of a binomial can be expressed and developed.
[L. _bi-_, _bis_, twice, and _nomen_, a name, a term.]
BINTURONG, bin't[=u]-rong, _n._ the native name for an Indian
prehensile-tailed carnivore, akin to the civet.
BIO-, b[=i]'[=o], a prefix from Gr. _bios_, life, used in many scientific
words to express having organic life.--_adj._ BIOBIBLIOGRAPH'ICAL, dealing
with the life and writings of any one.--_n._ B[=I]'OBLAST, a formative
cell, a minute mass of bioplasm or protoplasm about to become a definite
cell.--_adj._ BIODYNAM'ICAL.--_ns._ BIODYNAM'ICS, that part of biology
which deals with vital force; BIOGENESIS (-jen'e-sis), the process of
natural generation of life from life, as opposed to spontaneous generation,
or abiogenesis.--_adj._ BIOGENET'IC.--_ns._ BIOG'ENIST; BIOG'ENY;
BIOMAG'NETISM, animal magnetism; BIOM'ETRY, the measurement or calculation
of the probable duration of life; B[=I]'OPLASM, the germinal matter of all
living beings.
BIOGRAPH, b[=i]'o-graf, _n._ a name sometimes applied to a form of the
zoetrope contrived so as to exhibit the successive movements of a living
body, thus simulating life. [Gr. _bios_, life, _graphein_, to write,
describe.]
BIOGRAPHY, b[=i]-og'raf-i, _n._ a written account or history of the life of
an individual: the art of writing such accounts.--_n._ BIOG'RAPHER, one who
writes biography.--_adjs._ BIOGRAPH'IC, -AL.--_adv._ BIOGRAPH'ICALLY. [Gr.
_bios_, life, _graphein_, to write.]
BIOLOGY, b[=i]-ol'oj-i, _n._ the science that treats of life or of
organised beings, which seeks to classify and generalise the multitude of
phenomena presented by and peculiar to the living world.--_adj._
BIOLOG'ICAL.--_adv._ BIOLOG'ICALLY.--_n._ BIOLO'GIST, one who studies
biology. [Gr. _bios_, life, _logos_, a discourse.]
BIOTAXY, b[=i]'[=o]-tak-si, _n._ classification according to the sum of the
morphological character. [Gr. _bios_, life, and TAXIS.]