BICAMERAL

bicameral

(adjective) composed of two legislative bodies

bicameral, two-chambered

(adjective) consisting of two chambers; “the bicameral heart of a fish”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bicameral (not comparable)

Being or having a system with two, often unequal, chambers or compartments; of, signifying, relating to, or being the product of such a two-chambered system.

(government) Of, having, or relating to two separate legislative chambers or houses.

(typography) Of a script or typeface: having two cases, upper case and lower case.

(mentality) Relating to the functions of the two cerebral hemispheres in the history of human beings ‘hearing’ the speech of gods or idols, according to Julian Jaynes's theory of the bicameral mind.

Antonyms

• (typography): caseless, unicameral, unicase

Coordinate terms

• unicameral

• tricameral

Source: Wiktionary


Bi*cam"er*al, a. Etym: [Pref. bi- + camera.]

Definition: Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches. Bentham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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