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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a bipartite leaf
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. divided into two portions almost to the base involving two parties or elements; "a bipartite document"; "a two-way treaty" [syn: two-party , two-way ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bipartite \Bip"ar*tite\, 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. Divided into ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.)).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Having two parts. 2 (context of an agreement or contract English) Having two participants; joint. 3 (context botany English) (''of leaves'') divided into two at the base. 4 (context graph theory English) (''of graph'')
Usage examples of bipartite.
In America land of the profit-making casualty ward, home of the taxi-metered ambulance the bipartite attack assumes its most heartless form.
She hung up, and a moment later, screaming in her nightgown, pillowless but still in curlers, she filled the window frame, pouring the vast bipartite bulk with which I was so familiar into the window box, over the ice plants, and thrusting both her hands into the fleshy, pale-red leaves.
But I have been sitting on this remarkable bed that can be commanded to have a life of its own, quaking gently at the touch of a knob, and I have become conscious of the pattern of my mind, how it has always been easy for me to think of humanity as just that, a monolithic thing, or at best a bipartite thing, men and women.
Both halves fully fruited, the twinned spell drew apart, and bucked with a sudden burst of power The bipartite spell channeled, like searing irons, down her arms.