bicameral
adjective
bi·cam·er·al
(ˌ)bī-ˈkam-rəl
-ˈka-mə-
government
: having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber entry 1 sense 4a)
a bicameral legislature comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate
Examples of bicameral in a Sentence
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The bicameral Legislature is made up of the Senate, with 22 Democrats and 13 Republicans, and the House, which has 80 Democratic members and 68 Republicans.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2024
The bipartisan, bicameral bill, shared first with NBC News, was introduced by Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden.
—Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
Following the British parliamentary system that was in place in India until the country’s independence in 1947, India’s democracy is a multiparty parliamentary system with a bicameral legislature.
—Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Get ready for a lobbying furor, because there’s suddenly a plausible, bipartisan, bicameral push to finally give the U.S. a comprehensive data-privacy law, going way beyond the protections for medical and children’s data that already apply country-wide.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
bi- entry 1 + Late Latin camera chamber — more at chamber
First Known Use
circa 1832, in the meaning defined above
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“Bicameral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bicameral. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
bicameral
adjective
bi·cam·er·al
(ˈ)bī-ˈkam-(ə-)rəl
: consisting of two legislative chambers
a bicameral legislature
Medical Definition
bicameral
adjective
bi·cam·er·al
(ˈ)bī-ˈkam-(ə-)rəl
: having two chambers
Legal Definition
bicameral
adjective
bi·cam·er·al
ˌbī-ˈka-mə-rəl
: having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers
a bicameral legislature
bicamerality
noun
ˌbī-ˌka-mə-ˈra-lə-tē
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