TWO-YEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does two-year mean? 

• TWO-YEAR (adjective)
  The adjective TWO-YEAR has 1 sense:

1. having a life cycle lasting two seasons

  Familiarity information: TWO-YEAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWO-YEAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a life cycle lasting two seasons

Synonyms:

biennial; two-year

Context example:

parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

 Context examples 

InSight's two-year mission will be to study the deep interior of Mars to learn how all celestial bodies with rocky surfaces, including Earth and the Moon, formed.

(NASA InSight Lander Arrives on Martian Surface, NASA)

CALERIE was the first trial that investigated the effects of two-year caloric restriction in humans, following on evidence from several model organisms showing that calorie restriction increased both health span and life span.

(Moderate calorie restriction in young and middle-aged adults significantly reduces heart and metabolic risk factors independent of weight loss, National Institutes of Health)

Mars has not been in Capricorn for two years, so this is an important period for you, marking the start of a new two-year cycle.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A degree granted by a two-year college on successful completion of the undergraduates course of studies.

(Associate Degree, NCI Thesaurus)

An international team of researchers from the U.S. and France used a combination of methods to monitor the accumulation of mercury from the atmosphere, performing continuous sampling over a two-year period, including through the Arctic winter.

(Study finds mercury levels in Arctic soils 5 times higher than temperate regions, National Science Foundation)

Mars, in a rare, once-in-two-year visit was touring your tenth house of honors, awards, and achievement and will continue to help your career until February 16.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Before I move on to discuss the new moon, I want to make you aware of a very special date, March 20, when Mars will conjoin Jupiter, a once in two-year event that always happens in a different sign.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It was wise that you continued to work hard over the past two years, despite the lower-than-expected financial return, for the seedlings you planted during that two-year period will now start to come up in your garden.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Of all possible aspects, the conjunction of two planets is always the most powerful in astrology because it sets off a new cycle—this time a beautiful new two-year cycle of financial gain for you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)