bipartite

[bahy-pahr-tahyt]

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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.

Origin of bipartite

1500–10; < Latin bipartītus divided into two parts, bisected (past participle of bipartīre). See bi-¹, part, -ite²

Related formsbi·par·tite·ly, adverbbi·par·ti·tion

[bahy-pahr-tish-uh n] /ˌbaɪ pɑrˈtɪʃ ən/, noun

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Related Words for bipartite

binary, amphibian, diploid, bilateral, dual, bifurcate, amphibious, bicameral, bigeminal, binal, bipartisan, bipartite, dichotomic, dichotomous, distichous, dualistic, dyadic

Examples from the Web for bipartite

Historical Examples of bipartite

Bipartite, bi′part-īt, or bī-prt′īt, adj. divided into two like parts.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
Various
It was bipartite, and rather on the incongruous principle discountenanced in the Horatian Epistle to the Pisos.
The Confessions of a Collector
William Carew Hazlitt
But as they mostly consist of two quite unequal parts, they certainly stand in a closer relationship to the bipartite stanzas.
A History of English Versification
Jakob Schipper
But those of six lines may belong either to the bipartite (a a a, a a a) or to the tripartite class (a a, a a, a a).
A History of English Versification
Jakob Schipper
This important class of bipartite unequal-membered anisometrical stanzas was very much in vogue in the Middle English period.
A History of English Versification
Jakob Schipper

British Dictionary definitions for bipartite

bipartite

adjective

consisting of or having two parts
affecting or made by two parties; bilaterala bipartite agreement
botany (esp of some leaves) divided into two parts almost to the base

Derived Formsbipartitely, adverbbipartition (ˌbaɪpɑːˈtɪʃən), noun

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Word Origin and History for bipartite

adj.

1570s, from Latin bipartitus "divided," past participle of bipartire "to divide into two parts," from bi- (see bi-) + partitus, past participle of partiri "to divide" (see part (v.)).

bipartite in Medicine

bipartite

[bī-pär′tīt′]

adj.

Consisting of two parts or divisions.