bimembral

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin bis (“twice”) + membrum (“member”).

Adjective[edit]

bimembral (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Having two members.
    • 1858, Josiah Willard Gibbs, A Latin Analyst on Modern Philological Principles:
      This will be more easily apprehended, if we consider that all combination is bimembral; i. e. consists of two members, one of which is subordinated to the other by the intonation, and thus becomes compacted with it […]
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