| Binet test | A standardised test for the measurement of intelligence consisting of a series of questions, graded according to the intelligence of normal children at different ages, the answers to which indicate the mental age of the person tested; primarily used with children, but also contains norms for adults standardised against adult age levels rather than those of children, as formerly was the case. Synonym: Binet test. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Binet, Alfred | <person> French psychologist, 1857-1911. See: Binet age, Binet scale, Binet test, Binet-Simon scale, Stanford-Binet intelligence scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Binet-Simon scale | Forerunner of individual intelligence tests, particularly the Stanford-Binet intelligence scale, and sometimes referred to as the Binet scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bing | A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood. "Potato bings." . "A bing of corn." . Origin: Cf. Icel. Bingr, Sw. Binge, G. Beige, beuge. Cf. Prov. E. Bink bench, and bench coal the uppermost stratum of coal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Bing's reflex | When the foot is passively dorsiflexed, plantar flexion occurs if any point on the ankle between the two malleoli is tapped. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bing, Paul Robert | <person> German neurologist, 1878-1956. See: Bing's reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bing, Richard | <person> U.S. Physician, *1909. See: Taussig-Bing disease, Taussig-Bing syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bingham flow | The flow characteristics exhibited by a Bingham plastic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bingham model | A model representing the flow behaviour of a Bingham plastic, in the idealised case. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bingham plastic | A material that, in the idealised case, does not flow until a critical stress (yield stress) is exceeded, and then flows at a rate proportional to the excess of stress over the yield stress; real materials probably only approach this ideal model. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bingham, E | <person> U.S. Chemist, 1878-1945. See: Bingham flow, Bingham model, Bingham plastic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Binn's bacterium | A type of the typhoid-paratyphoid subgroups of the nonlactose-fermenting bacteria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| binny | <zoology> A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| binocle | <optics> A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass. Origin: F. Binocle; L. Bini two at a time + oculus eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| binocular | 1. Having two eyes. "Most animals are binocular." 2. Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once; as, binocular vision. 3. Adapted to the use of both eyes; as, a binocular microscope or telescope. Origin: Cf. F. Binoculaire. See Binocle. A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |