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Definition of Binding

1. Noun. The capacity to attract and hold something.

2. Adjective. Executed with proper legal authority. "A binding contract"

3. Noun. Strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration.

4. Noun. The act of applying a bandage.

5. Noun. One of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall.

6. Noun. The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book. "The book had a leather binding"

Definition of Binding

1. a. That binds; obligatory.

2. n. The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.

Definition of Binding

1. Noun. An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together. ¹

2. Noun. The spine of a book where the pages are held together. ¹

3. Noun. (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment ¹

4. Noun. (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program. ¹

5. Adjective. Assigning something that one will be held to. ¹

6. Verb. (present participle of bind) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Binding

1. the cover and fastenings of a book [n -S]

Medical Definition of Binding

1. The adherence of molecules to one another, for example, enzymes to substrates, antibodies to antigens, DNA strands to their complementary strands. Binding occurs because the shape and chemical natures of parts of the molecules surfaces are complementary. A common metaphor is the "lock-and-key," used to describe how enzymes fit around their substrate. (14 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Binding

binded binder binder's board binder board binder clip binderies binderless binders bindery bindeth

bindheimite bindi bindii bindiis binding (current term) binding constant binding energy binding knot binding knots binding on equip

binding on pickup binding sites bindingly bindingness bindingnesses bindings bindis bindle bindle stiff

Literary usage of Binding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Joseph Bellamy by Joseph Bellamy, Tryon Edwards (1850)
"This obligation is binding antecedently to any consideration of advantage or ... It is unchangeably binding. 5. It is that from which all other obligations ..."

2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The nature lecules responsible for the binding apen to question. ... Kuan and Clegg 1110 calcium-binding sites with an n constant of 1.66 X 10s. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"The only suggestions are: (1) The stature may be- taken standing against a door frame; the subject looking straight forward, a book is placed, binding ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"I have taken for granted the book is in its original binding ; because, ... Indeed, I am rather inclined to suspect that the binding is not as old as the ..."

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