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
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.
• (typography): caseless, unicameral, unicase
• 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
25 May 2025
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The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
