Binomial may refer to:

In mathematics

Binomial (polynomial) In algebra, a binomial is a polynomial that is the sum of two terms, each of which is a monomial. It is the simplest kind of sparse polynomial after the monomials. Definition A binomial is a polynomial which is the sum of two monomials. A binom ...

, a polynomial with two terms *

Binomial coefficient In mathematics, the binomial coefficients are the positive integers that occur as coefficients in the binomial theorem. Commonly, a binomial coefficient is indexed by a pair of integers and is written \tbinom. It is the coefficient of the t ...

, numbers appearing in the expansions of powers of binomials *

Binomial QMF A binomial QMF – properly an orthonormal binomial quadrature mirror filter – is an orthogonal wavelet developed in 1990. The binomial QMF bank with perfect reconstruction (PR) was designed by Ali Akansu, and published in 1990, using the family ...

, a perfect-reconstruction orthogonal wavelet decomposition *

Binomial theorem In elementary algebra, the binomial theorem (or binomial expansion) describes the algebraic expansion of powers of a binomial. According to the theorem, it is possible to expand the polynomial into a sum involving terms of the form , where the ...

, a theorem about powers of binomials *

Binomial type In mathematics, a polynomial sequence, i.e., a sequence of polynomials indexed by non-negative integers \left\ in which the index of each polynomial equals its degree, is said to be of binomial type if it satisfies the sequence of identities :p_n ...

, a property of sequences of polynomials

In probability and statistics

Binomial distribution In probability theory and statistics, the binomial distribution with parameters ''n'' and ''p'' is the discrete probability distribution of the number of successes in a sequence of ''n'' independent experiments, each asking a yes–no quest ...

, a type of probability distribution *

Binomial process A binomial process is a special point process in probability theory. Definition Let P be a probability distribution and n be a fixed natural number. Let X_1, X_2, \dots, X_n be i.i.d. random variables with distribution P , so X_i \sim P ...

Binomial test In statistics, the binomial test is an exact test of the statistical significance of deviations from a theoretically expected distribution of observations into two categories using sample data. Usage The binomial test is useful to test hypoth ...

, a test of significance

In computing science

Binomial heap In computer science, a binomial heap is a data structure that acts as a priority queue but also allows pairs of heaps to be merged. It is important as an implementation of the mergeable heap abstract data type (also called meldable heap), which ...

, a data structure

In linguistics

Binomial pair In linguistics and stylistics, an irreversible binomial, frozen binomial, binomial freeze, binomial expression, binomial pair, or nonreversible word pair is a pair or group of words used together in fixed order as an idiomatic expression or co ...

, 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 In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

, a Latin two-term name for a species, such as ''Sequoia sempervirens''

In finance

Binomial options pricing model In finance, the binomial options pricing model (BOPM) provides a generalizable numerical method for the valuation of options. Essentially, the model uses a "discrete-time" ( lattice based) model of the varying price over time of the underlying f ...

, a numerical method for the valuation of options

In politics

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