The founders established Congress as a bicameral legislature as a check against tyranny. They feared having any one governmental body become too strong. This bicameral system distributes power within two houses that check and balance one another rather than concentrating authority in a single body.

made up of or having two legislative chambers. Congress is a bicameral legislature. Derived forms. bicameralism (biˈcameralˌism)

A central feature of any constitution is the organization of the legislature. It may be a unicameral body with one chamber or a bicameral body with two chambers.

The word bicameral originates from the Latin bi-, meaning “two,” combined with camera, meaning “chamber.” Chamber is just another way of referring to a legislative branch of a government or other official organization.

A bicameral system describes a government that has a two-house legislative system, such as the House of Representatives and the Senate that make up the U.S. Congress. The word bicameral is derived from the Latin: “bi” (meaning two) and “camera” (meaning chamber).

government : having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber entry 1 sense 4a) a bicameral legislature comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Bicameralism is the practice of having two Houses of Parliament. At the State level, the equivalent of the Lok Sabha is the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly), and that of the Rajya Sabha is the Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council). At present, seven Indian States have bicameral legislatures.

House of Representatives

Composition. The Indian Parliament consists of two houses called the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha with the President of India acting as their head.

New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia each have a Legislative Assembly (the ‘lower house’) and Legislative Council (the ‘upper house’); South Australia and Tasmania have a House of Assembly (‘lower house’) and a Legislative Council (the ‘upper house’). Queensland’s parliament is the Legislative Assembly.

Parliament has four main functions: legislation (making laws), representation (acting on behalf of voters and citizens), scrutiny (examining the government), and formation of government.

In government, unicameralism (Latin uni-, “one” and camera, “chamber”) is the practice of having a single legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of a single chamber or house.

The Lok Sabha, or House of the People, is the lower house of India’s bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.