tripartition

American  

[trahy-pahr-tish-uhn, -per-] / ˌtraɪ pɑrˈtɪʃ ən, -pər- /

noun

1. division into three parts.

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tripartition British  

/ ˌtraɪpɑːˈtɪʃən /

noun

1. division into or among three

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Etymology

Origin of tripartition

First recorded in 1645–55; tri- + partition

Example Sentences

The process of tripartition referred to in VI, 3, 4, is not therefore the same as the one described in the section that tells us what becomes of food when eaten, water when drunk, &c.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George

And the text moreover states the original tripartition to have taken place after the differentiation of names and forms: 'That divinity having entered into these three beings differentiated names and forms.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George

Compared with this, manuscript B rarely shows a tripartition, but on pp. 65-68 and 51-57 a bipartition by one line.

From Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 253-372 by Thomas, Cyrus

The most natural formation is certainly a tripartition of the units, as is found in an infantry regiment.

From Germany and the Next War by Bernhardi, Friedrich von

Without such tripartition the elements would be incapable of giving rise to any effects; such capability they acquire only by being mutually conjoined, and that is just the process of tripartition.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 by Thibaut, George