Meanings
- not comparableHaving four chambers; comprising four separate parts.
Yet in the crocodilians, for example, the heart is already tetracameral, the arterial blood is completely separated from the venous, and there are other progressive features as well.
1977, Unknown, “Geophysics”, in Doklady, Earth Science Sections, page 2381 more example
Tetracameral legislature. One lower house is selected by proportional representation by party, a second lower house is selected by first-past-the-post elections in the states/provinces, a third lower house is composed of representatives of various sufficiently powerful organizations (churches, labor unions, businesses, advocacy groups, etc.), and the sole upper house is composed of one representative each from each registered political party
2009 July 26, Carpetbagger, “AH challenge: Make this the US government”, in Alternate History Discussion
Origin
Translations
Finnish nelikamarinen, nelikammioinen
- nelikamarinenhaving four parts
- nelikammioinenhaving four parts
- neliosainenhaving four parts
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