Bicameral

Quick meaning: Bicameral is an adjective meaning (government) Of, having, or relating to two separate legislative chambers or houses.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (typography) Of a script or typeface: having two cases, upper case and lower case.
2. 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.
3. (psychology) 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.

Example Sentences

the bicameral anatomy of the brain

Aspect values on bicameral fonts are based on the size of the lowercase characters.

Bicameral (upper- and lowercase) unserifed roman fonts were apparently first cut in Leipzig in the 1820s.

By preventing legislative usurpation in the beginning, the bicameral legislature avoids executive usurpation in the end.

Synonyms for bicameral

Depending on context, synonyms include divided.

Antonyms for bicameral

Common opposites include caseless, unicameral, unicase, tricameral.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include divided, chambers, subgroup, dual, two-fold, two-tier.

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