bipartiteadj.
/bʌɪˈpɑːtʌɪt/ 1.
a. Divided into or consisting of two parts.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adjective]
bipartite1574
biparted1586
slit1607
cleft1609
bisected1656
two-parted1793
dichotomized1806
dichotomous1817
dichotomal1818
1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes Pref. 1 Such indications [are] bipartite and devided into two partes, that is to witte Conservation, and Preservation.
1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 3 A bipartite diuision of the yeare into winter and sommer.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi viii. §2. 393 His feet hath as it were a bipartite hoof.
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 307/2 A corresponding gland..of large size and bipartite.
b. Divided between or shared by two.
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the mind > possession > sharing > [adjective] > shared > shared by two or three
bipartite1619
mutual1831
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. i. ix. 33 The authoritie..should bee now but from yeere to yeere, and bipartite.
a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 65 This bipartite, or joint-power.
c. Botany. Divided into two parts nearly to the base.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adjective] > divided, segmented, slashed, or lobed
lobated1703
quinquefid1703
lobousa1722
biparted1725
tripartite1753
lobate1760
octofid1760
septemfid1777
parted1785
triquadrifid1833
rimiform1837
slashed1839
lobulate1862
bipartite1864
palmilobed1876
pentafid1882
segmented1883
lobose1885
torn1888
triquinate1891
sectile1899
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 162 Observe also the..bipartite calyx of Common Furze.
d. Mathematics. Of a curve (see quot. 1873).
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective] > relating to point(s) in
punctated1710
bipartite1858
punctate1860
inflectional1862
bicuspidal1867
bitangential1873
trinodal1873
1858 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers (1889) II. 527 Bipartite binary quantics.
1869 A. Cayley Coll. Math. Papers (1893) VI. 464 The quantic is unipartite, bipartite, tripartite, &c., according as the number of sets is one, two, three, &c.
1873 G. Salmon Treat. Higher Plane Curves (ed. 2) v. 165 We shall then call the curve we have been considering a bipartite curve, as consisting of two distinct continuous series of points.
2. in Law, of a contract, indenture, etc.: Drawn up in two corresponding parts, one for each party.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [adjective] > types of indenture
quadripartite1464
bipartite1506
quadruparted1575
octopartite1752
1506 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 106 My present testament and last will bipertite.
1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. i. §47 These deedes indented are not only bypartite..but may be tripartite.
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