binarize

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verb

To represent in binary (base 2) notation

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Meanings

verbbinarize (third-person singular simple present binarizes, present participle binarizing, simple past and past participle binarized)

present singular third person binarizes · participle present binarizing · participle past binarized · past binarized

  1. mathematicsTo represent in binary (base 2) notation
  2. To convert (an image) to only black and white.
  3. mathematicsTo dichotomize a variable.
  4. To treat or represent a distinction as a binary or dichotomy.

    How irony's conceptual doubling allows it to disrupt the binarized logic of despair/hope

    2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 5

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dichotomize

Origin

From binary + -ize.

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Cite this entry
APA

binarize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binarize

MLA

“binarize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binarize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “binarize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/binarize.

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