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[ bahy-kam-er-uhl ] / baɪˈkæm ər əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bicameral ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective Government.having two branches, chambers, or houses, as a legislative body. Origin of bicameralFirst recorded in 1825–35; bi-1 + Latin camer(a) “vault, arched roof” + -al1.See chamber OTHER WORDS FROM bicameralbi·cam·er·al·ism, nounbi·cam·er·al·ist, nounWords nearby bicameralbibliotherapy, bibliotics, Biblist, bib overalls, bibulous, bicameral, bicameral legislature, bicapsular, bicarb, bicarbonate, bicarbonate of soda Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bicameralOn his return to Japan, Onoda was feted, and briefly tipped to run for the Diet, the Japanese bicameral parliament. The Week in Death: The Last to Surrender|The Telegraph|January 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST All too often, the march of folly has been bicameral, as well as bipartisan. John McCain’s Middle East War Drumbeat: Iraq, Libya, and Now Syria|Lloyd Green|June 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST But the non-Nebraska states have bicameral legislatures for no real reason. Why Doesn't Every State Have a Unicameral?|Justin Green|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST At the national level, we have a bicameral legislature because of the overall workings of the federal system. Why Doesn't Every State Have a Unicameral?|Justin Green|April 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The two houses of Parliament had made the colonists accustomed to the bicameral system. The Colonies 1492-1750|Reuben Gold Thwaites Herein the legislative authority was vested in a General Assembly, which was organized on the bicameral plan. History of the Constitutions of Iowa|Benjamin F. Shambaugh In structure it represents a curious cross between the principles of unicameral and bicameral organization. The Governments of Europe|Frederic Austin Ogg The importance of the bicameral system is strongly insisted upon by the commentator of the Constitution. Other early colonies passed through the same stages; colonies of later foundation took up the development at the bicameral stage. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly,|Various
British Dictionary definitions for bicameral
adjective(of a legislature) consisting of two chambers Derived forms of bicameralbicameralism, nounbicameralist, nounWord Origin for bicameralC19: from bi- 1 + Latin camera chamber Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bicameralbinary, amphibian, diploid, bilateral, dual, bifurcate, amphibious, bigeminal, binal, bipartisan, bipartite, bisected, dichotomic, dichotomous, distichous, dualistic, dyadic Medical definitions for bicameral
adj.Composed of or having two chambers, especially an abscess divided by a septum. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |