bipartite
[bahy-pahr-tahyt]
adjective
divided into or consisting of two parts.
Law. being in two corresponding parts: a bipartite contract.
shared by two; joint: a bipartite pact; bipartite rule.
Botany. divided into two parts nearly to the base, as a leaf.
RELATED WORDS
binary, amphibian, diploid, bilateral, dual, bifurcate, amphibious, bicameral, bigeminal, binal, bipartisan, dichotomic, dichotomous, distichous, dualistic, dyadic
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Most of these stanzas admit of being looked upon as tripartite on account of the bipartite structure of the frons.
A History of English VersificationJakob Schipper
The greater mass of the bipartite muscle probably makes possible a stronger extension of the tarsometatarsus.
Myology and Serology of the Avian Family FringillidaeWilliam B. Stallcup
Bipartite, bi′part-īt, or bī-prt′īt, adj. divided into two like parts.
The style, which varies much in length, is simple, with an undivided or bilobed or bipartite stigma.
This important class of bipartite unequal-membered anisometrical stanzas was very much in vogue in the Middle English period.
A History of English VersificationJakob Schipper
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