Crossword clues for biennial
biennial
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\ (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos See Cycle.]
Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.
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(Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure. Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic; homocyclic, isocyclic]
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
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Recurring in cycles[2]; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: alternate(prenominal), alternating(prenominal); alternate(prenominal), every other(prenominal), every second(prenominal); alternating(prenominal), oscillating(prenominal); biyearly; circadian exhibiting 24-hour periodicity); circular; daily, diurnal; fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; midweek, midweekly; seasonal; semestral, semestrial; semiannual, biannual, biyearly; semiweekly, biweekly; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial; bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly; monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal); triennial]
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Marked by repeated cycles[2].
Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject.
--Milman.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"lasting for two years" (1620s); "occurring every two years" (1750), from Latin biennium "two-year period," from bi- (see bi-) + annus "year" (see annual). The vowel change is "due to the Latin phonetic law according to which the unaccented and closed radical syllable of the second element of compounds, original -ă- becomes -ĕ-" [Klein]. The noun meaning "a biennial plant" is attested by 1770.
Wiktionary
a. 1 happen every two years. 2 last for two years. n. A plant that requires two years to complete its life-cycle, germinate and growing in its first year, then producing its flowers and fruit in its second year, after which it usually dies.
WordNet
n. a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
Wikipedia
Biennial means (an event) lasting for two years or occurring every two years.
In particular, it can refer to:
- Biennial plant, a plant which blooms in its second year and then dies
- Biennale, the Italian word for "biennial" and a term used within the art world to describe an international exhibition of contemporary art, stemming from the use of the phrase for the Venice Biennale. (The English form, "biennial", is also commonly used to describe these art events.)
Usage examples of "biennial".
This peculiar fact imparted to the contest a degree of personal acrimony and political rancor never before exhibited in the biennial election of representatives in Congress.
During the biennial Panics when the raw, pealed Dream Police storm the City, the Mugwumps take refuge in the deepest crevices of the wall sealing themselves in clay cubicles and remain for weeks in biostasis.
Exceptions included the Scotch or Cotton thistle, a biennial growing up to five feet with striking, sculptured leaves, covered with white cob webby hairs and .
Roof that, on a biennial basis, a psychopomp arrived to address the problem.
It was fortunate for the men of the Roof that, on a biennial basis, a psychopomp arrived to address the problem.
During the biennial Panics when the raw, pealed Dream Police storm the City, the Mugwumps take refuge in the deepest crevices of the wall sealing themselves in clay cubicles and remain for weeks in biostasis.
The jet touched down at Le Bourget an airfield now normally used only for private flying, and of course the biennial Paris Air Show.
At the biennial European Defense Exposition, which opened its doors to invitation-only customers on Monday, you can try out and buy Iranian tanks, French armor-piercing rockets, and Chilean antitank mines.
After some thought, I put the biennials, where I knew how they reproducedthe onions and garlic-in with this group.
After some thought, I put the biennials, where I knew how they reproduced—the onions and garlic—in with this group.
Recorded a joychoice at the proper time—bird watching—but one can suspect he did so primarily to comply with tradition since he did nothing with this purported avocation for a number of years, to be precise, nothing until a little over two years ago, when he began showing a strong interest in tracking avian migrations and applied for leave to follow the greater blueback on its biennial flights.
The commercial drug presents three varieties, distinguished by the trade names 'Annual,' 'First biennial' (the leaves from the biennial plant in its first year), and 'biennial,' or 'Second biennial,' the official drug, which is scarce and high-priced, the first two kinds commanding lower prices.