non-binary

non- +‎ binary

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnɑnˈbaɪ.nɛɹ.i/, /ˌnɑnˈbaɪ.nə.ɹi/

non-binary (not comparable)

1. Not binary.
   • 1986, James O. Hicks, Information Systems in Business: An Introduction (page 201)

     Thus digital computers operate directly with digits either at the bit level, which is short for binary digit, or at the byte level where a nonbinary digit such as a decimal number or alphabetic character is represented.

   • 2002, Terry L. M. Bartelt, Digital Electronics: An Integrated Laboratory Approach (page 112)

     The most common type of encoder is one that converts a nonbinary number system into an equivalent binary system.

2. Not exclusively male or female; having or pertaining to a gender identity which is outside of the gender binary; genderqueer.
   • 2013, Kim Cook, "This thing called gender", Up Close and Personal, page 85:

     I'm expected to live in a world where […] forms have no or few options for non-binary people, where finding a GP who understands my non-binary needs and identity is a challenge.

   • 2017, Jo Green, The Trans Partner Handbook: A Guide for When Your Partner Transitions (→ISBN):

     [T]he most commonly used non-binary pronouns are the singular “they/their/theirs”.

• (outside of the gender binary): genderqueer

non-binary (plural non-binaries)

1. (computing) Something which is not a binary (executable computer file).
   • 1994 June 7, "Zhar", Don't Post Non-Binaries In alt.binaries.doom, alt.games.doom, Usnet:

     Please don't post non-binaries into alt.binaries.doom. Pretty please.

2. A genderqueer person.
   • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:non-binary.