bipartite, a.
(baɪˈpɑːtaɪt)
Also 6 bipertite, bypartite.
[ad. L. bipartītus, pa. pple. of bipartīre; see bipartient.]
1. a. Divided into or consisting of two parts.
| 1574 Newton Health Mag. 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 Swan Spec. M. viii. §2 (1643) 386 A bipartite hoof. 1836 Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 307/2 A corresponding gland..of large size and bipartite. |
b. Divided between or shared by two.
| 1618 Bolton Florus i. ix. 22 The authoritie..should bee now but from yeere to yeere and bipartite. 1658 W. Burton Itin. Anton. 65 This bipartite, or joint-power. |
c. Bot. Divided into two parts nearly to the base.
| 1864 in Webster. 1872 Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 162 Observe also the..bipartite calyx of Common Furze. |
d. Math. Of a curve (see quot. 1879).
| 1858 Cayley Math. Papers (1889) II. 527 Bipartite binary quantics. 1869 Ibid. (1893) VI. 464 The quantic is unipartite, bipartite, tripartite, &c., according as the number of sets is one, two, three, &c. 1879 G. Salmon Higher Plane Curves (ed. 3) 168 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.
| 1506 Bury Wills (1850) 106 My present testament and last will bipertite. 1592 West Symbol. i. §47 These deedes indented are not only bypartite..but may be tripartite. |