bimembral

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

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 […]