biannual
adjective
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Pronunciation: /bʌɪˈanjuːəl/ / /baɪˈænjuəl/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English annual English biannual From bi- + annual.
- Occurring twice a year; semiannual.
“The annual values were disaggregated into biannual values. Then the biannual values were disaggregated into quarterly values. Finally the quarterly values were disaggregated into the desired monthly values.”
“Collection of papers presented at the workshops during the 1988 biannual symposia in February (New Orleans) and May (Innsbruck).”
- Occurring once every two years; biennial.
“The relative share of agriculture in GDP of the West Bank (calculated on the basis of fixed 1986 prices, and as a two-year average to deal with the major biannual fluctuations in olive production) declined[…].”
“Thus he argues that the members of the National Assembly were independent from the constituencies that elected them, because the latter (the assemblies, administrative and elected) are "biennially renewed," as was the National Assembly. […] This [being responsible to electors] is implicitly the case of the representatives in the National Assembly, who must also face biannual elections[…].”
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English annual English biannual From bi- + annual.
- Something occurring twice each year.
“It was a biannual from April 1970 to October 1977 and has been a quarterly since fall 1978.”