bienniums
Periods of twenty-four months
Bienniums is the plural of biennium, a period of two years.
The term appears most often in government and academic contexts, where budgets and planning cycles commonly span two-year periods: The legislature approves funding for two bienniums at a time.
The Latin plural biennia is also used.
Lawmaking governmental branch
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- budgetPlan for spending
- fiscalOf public revenue
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
term · tenure · mandate · government · administration · policy · legislation · governance
Distance between endpoints
- durationLength of existence
- timeframeDesignated duration for something
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- gapUnfilled space between
hiatus · interlude · phase · stretch · window · calendar · timeline · scheduling
Spanning twenty-four months
- rotationTurning on an axis
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- successionFollowing in order
- progressionSequential forward movement
sequence · pattern · alternation · rhythm · cadence · periodicity · regularity · interval
legislature
Lawmaking governmental branch
appropriation · term · tenure · mandate · government · administration · policy · legislation · governance · elections
span
Distance between endpoints
- durationLength of existence
- timeframeDesignated duration for something
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
gap · hiatus · interlude · phase · stretch · window · calendar · timeline · scheduling · review period
two-year
Spanning twenty-four months
- rotationTurning on an axis
- recurrenceReturn of something previous
- successionFollowing in order
progression · sequence · pattern · alternation · rhythm · cadence · periodicity · regularity · interval · recurring
bienniumseons
Immense spans of time
eternities · centuries · millennia · perpetuity · forever