biennium
Twenty-four months span
A biennium is a period of two years.
The term appears most often in government and academic contexts, where budgets and planning cycles frequently operate on two-year schedules: The state legislature approved funding for the next biennium.
Plural: biennia or bienniums.
Spanning twenty-four months
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- durationLength of existence
- intervalDuration between two points
- fiscalOf public revenue
budget · cycle · term · legislative · congressional · session · calendar · planning
Happening repeatedly over time
- periodicOccurring at intervals
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- alternatingOccurring in turns
- cyclicalRepeating in rounds
rotation · recurrence · schedule · sequence · pattern · rhythm · cadence
Span of three years
- quadrenniumFour consecutive years
- lustrumFive-year span
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
two-year
Spanning twenty-four months
fiscal · budget · cycle · term · legislative · congressional · session · calendar · planning · allocation
recurring
Happening repeatedly over time
- periodicOccurring at intervals
- regularOccurring at fixed intervals
- alternatingOccurring in turns
cyclical · rotation · recurrence · schedule · sequence · pattern · rhythm · cadence
triennium
Span of three years
- quadrenniumFour consecutive years
- lustrumFive-year span
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
bienniummoment
Brief period of time
instant · decade · day · nanosecond · millennium
- biennial eventSomething occurring every second year