bicameral
pronunciation
How to pronounce bicameral in British English:
UK [ˌbaɪˈkæmərəl]
How to pronounce bicameral in American English:
US [ˌbaɪ'kæmərəl]
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- Adjective:
- composed of two legislative bodies
- consisting of two chambers
Word Origin
- bicameral (adj.)
- "having two chambers," 1832, from bi- "two" (see bi-) + Late Latin camera "chamber" (see camera) + -al (1).
Example
- 1. Denoting the larger and usually more representative house of a bicameral legislature .
- 2. Congress is a bicameral legislature .
- 3. Since then , omanis have become a bit more interested in the bicameral parliament , hitherto weak and often uninspiring , stuffed with mandarins and former ministers .
- 4. The bicameral commonwealth parliament consists of the queen , the senate ( the upper house ) of 76 senators , and a house of representatives ( the lower house ) of 150 members .
- 5. As such , it marks part of the ruling state peace and development council 's ( spdc ) seven-step ' roadmap to democracy ' to establish a ' flourishing genuine multi-party democracy ' and is touted as establishing a presidential system of government and a bicameral legislature .