adjective
- divided into or consisting of two parts.
- Law. being in two corresponding parts: a bipartite contract.
- shared by two; joint: a bipartite pact; bipartite rule.
- Botany. divided into two parts nearly to the base, as a leaf.
adjective
- consisting of or having two parts
- affecting or made by two parties; bilaterala bipartite agreement
- botany (esp of some leaves) divided into two parts almost to the base
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.)).
adj.
- Consisting of two parts or divisions.