or n. [ F. abîme. See Abysm. ] A abyss. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + maculate, a. ] Having, or marked with, two spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Bimanous. ] (Zool.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + manus hand. ] (Zool.) Having two hands; two-handed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + marginate. ] Having a double margin, as certain shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + Gr. &unr_; breast. ] (Anat.) The condition of having two mammæ or teats. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + medial. ] (Geom.) Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + membrum member. ] (Gram.) Having two members; as, a bimembral sentence. J. W. Gibbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + mensal. ] See Bimonthly, a. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bimestris; bis twice + mensis month. ] Continuing two months. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + metallic: cf. F. bimétallique. ] 1. Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Composed of two different metals; formed of two parts, each of a different metal; as, bimetallic wire; bimetallic thermometer, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. bimétalisme. ] The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The words bimétallisme and monométallisme are due to M. Cernuschi [ 1869 ]. Littré. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of bimetallism. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to bimetallism.
Syn. -- bimetallic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a span of 2000 years.
Syn. -- bimillennium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to the bimillennium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a span of 2000 years.
Syn. -- bimillenary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the year 2000 a. d. [ PJC ]

n. a valuable fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus) of the East Indies now widespread in cultivation.
Syn. -- kenaf, kanaf, deccan hemp, bimli hemp, Indian hemp, Bombay hemp. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Statistics) having or occurring with two modes{ 9 }; having two maxima; -- of a curve or distribution. unimodal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + molecular. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, involving, or formed from, two molecules; as, a bimolecular reaction (a reaction between two molecules). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. Once in two months. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + monthly. ] Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications. -- n. A bimonthly publication. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having two motors. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + muscular. ] (Zool.) Having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Carbon + imide ] (Chem.) The technical name for isocyanic acid. See under Isocyanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cherubims, in the King James version of the bible, is an incorrect form, made by adding the English plural termination to the Hebrew plural cherubim instead of to the singular cherub. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. labimetre. ] (Med.) See Labidometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ob- + imbricate. ] (Bot.) Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Sub-, and Imago. ] (Zool.) A stage in the development of certain insects, such as the May flies, intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage, the insect is able to fly, but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. tri- + carbimide. ] (Chem.) See under Cyanuric. [ 1913 Webster ]