slovo | definícia |
biannual (encz) | biannual,pololetní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
biannual (encz) | biannual,půlroční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Biannual (gcide) | Biannual \Bi*an"nu*al\, a. [Pref. bi- + annual.]
Occurring twice a year; half-yearly; semiannual.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
biannual (wn) | biannual
adj 1: occurring or payable twice each year [syn: semiannual,
biannual, biyearly, half-yearly] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
biannual (encz) | biannual,pololetní adj: Zdeněk Brožbiannual,půlroční adj: Zdeněk Brož |
biannually (encz) | biannually,dvakrát za rok adv: sladybiannually,pololetně adv: slady |
semiannual biannual biyearly (gcide) | 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.]
1. Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles;
as, cyclical time. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
2. (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.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. 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]
[WordNet 1.5]
4. Marked by repeated cycles[2].
[WordNet 1.5]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
biannual (wn) | biannual
adj 1: occurring or payable twice each year [syn: semiannual,
biannual, biyearly, half-yearly] |
biannually (wn) | biannually
adv 1: twice a year; "we hold our big sale biannually" |
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