bipartite

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: bi=par=tite

CIDE DICTIONARY

bipartite, a. [L. bipartitus, p. p. of bipartire; bis twice + partire. See Partite.].

•  Being in two parts; having two correspondent parts, as a legal contract or writing, one for each party; shared by two; as, a bipartite treaty.  [1913 Webster]
•  Divided into two parts almost to the base, as a leaf; consisting of two parts or subdivisions.  Gray.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bipartite, adj.
1 consisting of two parts.
2 shared by or involving two parties.
3 Law (of a contract, treaty, etc.) drawn up in two corresponding parts or between two parties.

Etymology

L bipartitus f. bipartire (as BI-, partire PART)

THESAURUS

bipartite

apart, asunder, biaxial, bicameral, bicuspid, bifid, biform, bifurcated, bilateral, binocular, binomial, binominal, bipartisan, biped, bipetalous, bipinnate, bisexual, bivalent, dichotomous, discontinuous, discrete, distinct, divergent, double, duadic, dual, dualistic, duplex, duplicated, dyadic, identical, in two, incoherent, insular, matched, noncohesive, partitioned, separate, twain, twin, twinned, two, two-sided, unassociated, unattached, unattended, unconnected, unibivalent, unjoined

ROGET THESAURUS

bipartite

bisection

N bisection, bipartition, dichotomy, subdichotomy, halving, dimidiation, bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication, fork, prong, fold, half, moiety, bisected, cloven, cleft, bipartite, biconjugate, bicuspid, bifid, bifurcous, bifurcate, bifurcated, distichous, dichotomous, furcular, semi-, demi-, hemi.