Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Composed of or divided into three parts.
  • adjective Relating to or executed by three parties.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Divided into three parts; three-parted.
  • Having three corresponding parts or copies.
  • Made or concluded between three parties: as, a tripartite treaty.
  • In heraldry, same as triparted.
  • In entomology, divided from the apex to the base by two slits, forming three nearly equal parts.
  • In botany, divided into three segments nearly but not quite down to the base: as, a tripartite leaf. Also triparted.
  • In mathematics, homogeneous in three sets of variables.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Divided into three parts; triparted.
  • adjective Having three corresponding parts or copies.
  • adjective Made between three parties.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective In three parts.
  • adjective Done by three parties (as an agreement).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective involving three parties or elements

Etymologies

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From Latin tripartitus.

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Examples

  • Ms. STEWART: Well first, you know, listeners might be interested to know that the International Labour Organization is not just a place where governments come to talk about policy, but we're what we call a tripartite organization that includes governments, workers 'organizations and employers' organizations.

    Sometimes, Child Labor Falls Into Gray Areas 2010

  • Ms. STEWART: Well first, you know, listeners might be interested to know that the International Labour Organization is not just a place where governments come to talk about policy, but we're what we call a tripartite organization that includes governments, workers 'organizations and employers' organizations.

    Sometimes, Child Labor Falls Into Gray Areas 2010

  • Ms. STEWART: Well first, you know, listeners might be interested to know that the International Labour Organization is not just a place where governments come to talk about policy, but we're what we call a tripartite organization that includes governments, workers 'organizations and employers' organizations.

    Sometimes, Child Labor Falls Into Gray Areas 2010

  • The revamp, long in the works, is an overhaul of the so-called tripartite system that divided financial oversight among the Bank of England, the U.K. Treasury and the Financial Services Authority.

    U.K. Bill Proposes New Crisis Powers Nicholas Winning 2012

  • The so-called tripartite authorities – the Bank of England, the Treasury and the Financial Services Authority – get firms together every few years to test how well their systems would hold up if they were struck by extreme conditions.

    City authorities plan 'war game' based on Olympic cyber attack scenario 2011

  • "There is a so-called tripartite mechanism addressing issues like coordination of operations, but also issues like incidents on the common border because we have a common enemy crossing this border," he said.

    Pakistan Military Denies It Intentionally Targets Afghan Territory 2011

  • The creation of the FPC is part of the government's dismantling of the so-called tripartite system of regulation, which it says is flawed and failed to prevent the financial crisis.

    External Members Named to U.K. Financial Policy Committee Ainsley Thomson 2011

  • "There is a so-called tripartite mechanism addressing issues like coordination of operations, but also issues like incidents on the common border because we have a common enemy crossing this border," he said.

    Pakistan Military Denies It Intentionally Targets Afghan Territory 2011

  • The three left-wing allies the ANC, Cosatu and the South African Communist Party form what is called a tripartite alliance, largely premised on improving the lives of the poor and working class.

    South Africa Strike Exposes Divisions 2010

  • The proposed shakeup builds on the government's commitment to replace the so-called tripartite system of regulation, set up by the previous Labour government, which divided financial oversight among the Bank of England, the Treasury and the FSA.

    U.K. Details Plan for Finance Overhaul 2010

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  • ...divisa in partes tres, as Julius Caesar put it in the opening sentence of De Bella Gallica, as every young scholar used to know.

    January 3, 2012