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binus

Pronunciation: [ˈbiː.nʊs]

“binus” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

numeral

  1. two each
  2. in pairs
  3. occurring twice, twofold, double, binary

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *dwiznos. By surface analysis, bis (“twice, at two times, on two occasions”, adverb) + -nus (distributive numeral-forming suffix).

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