biennium
/bʌɪˈɛnɪəm
/noun (plural biennia /bʌɪˈɛnɪə/ or bienniums) (usually the biennium)
A specified period of two years: the budget for the next biennium...
- I will work throughout the biennium to encourage nurses to submit consents to serve for elective and appointed positions.
- The theme for the biennium is Literacy and Gender.
- First of all, the name: At this point, six months into the new biennium, the program remains nameless!
Origin
Early 20th century: from Latin, from bi- 'twice' + annus 'year'.
Rhymes
- technofreak
- techno-freakish
- technographer
- technographic
- technography
- techno-head
- techno-hippie
- technoid
- techno-jargon
- techno-junkie
- technol.
- technologic
- technological
- technologically
- technologico-Benthamite
- technologism
- technologist
- technology
- technology assessment
- technology park
- technology transfer
- techno-manager
- techno-managerial
- technomania
- technomaniac