Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having or consisting of two parts.
- adj. Having two corresponding parts, one for each party: a bipartite contract.
- adj. Having two participants; joint: a bipartite agreement.
- adj. Botany Divided into two portions almost to the base, as certain leaves.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In two parts; having two correspondent parts, as a legal contract or writing, one for each party; duplicate.
- In botany, divided into two parts nearly to the base, as the leaves of many passion-flowers.
- In mathematics, containing two separate sets of variable values; made up of two continuous, but non-intersecting, curves.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having two parts.
- adj. Having two participants; joint.
- adj. Divided into two at the base.
- adj. (of graph)
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Being in two parts; having two correspondent parts, as a legal contract or writing, one for each party; shared by two.
- adj. Divided into two parts almost to the base, as a leaf; consisting of two parts or subdivisions.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. involving two parts or elements
- adj. divided into two portions almost to the base
Etymologies
- Latin bipartītus, past participle of bipartīre, to divide into two parts : bi-, two; see bi-1 + partīre, to part (from pars, part-, a share; see perə-2 in Indo-European roots).
Examples
“Title: Uncovering collective listening habits and music genres in bipartite networks”
“Spock had even heard some calls for the institution of some form of bipartite praetorship, but that seemed to him both unworkable and unlikely.”
Simon & Schuster: Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire
“The monumental size of Chardin's canvas almost 45 inches by 57½ inches, its bipartite composition and dramatic interplay of contrasting forms and motifs, which echo the prescribed format and thrust of the grand genre of history painting, give "The Ray" both its formal logic and the fractious character that would make it an irresistible model for subsequent artists.”
“If any arrangement is agreed, it may be a bipartite or tripartite arrangement with" Ivanhoe and/or Rio Tinto, Rio Tinto added, saying the government of Mongolia would have to support any deal.”
The Wall Street Journal: Chinalco Weighs Stake in Ivanhoe Project
“And without LEAs, there is no way of making a bipartite or tripartite secondary system work.”
“His bipartite patella (split knee-cap) is holding up, his private life is settled, his game is synchronised and his opponent has, at least fleetingly here, looked shockingly vulnerable.”
The Guardian: Wimbledon 2010: Andy Murray has the ability on grass to reach the final
“No one seems to have acted upon my suggestion in an earlier blog that Major League Baseball and the Players Association create a bipartite Truth and Reconciliation Commission to clean up those aging matters.”
“We request the wise duo to come clean and facilitate an honest bipartite negotiation.”
“All voices respect to some degree the bipartite structure of the psalm verses.”
“Recently, the State Labour Minister, T M Anbarasan informed the Assembly, following the efforts of labour department, 904 workmen had returned to work by accepting the bipartite settlement with MRF workers welfare union.”
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