biennial

[bi·en·ni·al]

If you’re just as fanatical about the luge as you are about beach volleyball, you probably know that the Olympic Games are on a biennial schedule. Every two years, either the Summer or the Winter Olympics takes place.

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Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.

Noun
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

Adjective
having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"

Adjective
occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions"


a.
Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.

a.
Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.

n.
Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.

n.
A plant which exists or lasts for two years.


Biennial

Bi*en"ni*al , a. [L. biennalis and biennis, fr. biennium a space of two years; bis twice + annus year. Cf. Annual.] 1. Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election. 2. (Bot.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.

Biennial

Bi*en"ni*al, n. 1. Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination. 2. (Bot.) A plant which exists or lasts for two years.

Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election.

Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.

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Appropriation is the idea that ate the art world. Go to any Chelsea gallery or international biennial and you'll find it. It's there in paintings of photographs, photographs of advertising, sculpture with ready-made objects, videos using already-existing film.

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