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binary-labeled

|bi-na-ry-la-beled|

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/ˈbaɪnəri ˈleɪbəld/

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/ˈbaɪnəri ˈleɪb(ə)ld/

(binary-label)

marked with two categories

Base FormPlural3rd Person Sing.PastPast ParticiplePresent ParticipleNounAdjective
binary-labelbinary labelsbinary-labelsbinary-labeledbinary-labeledbinary-labelingbinary labelbinary-labeled
Etymology
Etymology Information

'binary-labeled' is a modern English compound formed from 'binary' (originating from Latin 'binarius') + 'label' (from Middle English/Old French 'label'/'labellum'), with the past-participial/adjectival suffix '-ed' added in English.

Historical Evolution

'binary' comes from Latin 'binarius' meaning 'consisting of two', which entered English via Late Latin and Old French as 'binary'; 'label' developed from Middle English (from Old French and ultimately Latin 'labellum' meaning 'small tablet' or tag). These elements combined in contemporary English to form compound verbs/nouns such as 'binary-label' and the past/adjectival 'binary-labeled'.

Meaning Changes

Individually, 'binary' originally meant 'consisting of two' and 'label' meant 'a tag or marker'; together, and with '-ed', 'binary-labeled' has come to mean 'marked or categorized into two classes', a usage driven by modern data-science and classification contexts.

Meanings by Part of Speech

Verb 1

past participle form of 'binary-label': to have assigned binary labels to (data or items).

All training examples were binary-labeled before model training.

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Adjective 1

marked or categorized using binary labels (typically two classes such as 0 and 1).

The dataset is binary-labeled, with each sample assigned either 0 or 1.

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Last updated: 2025/09/11 06:10