Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bipartite

Bipartite ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Latin bipartitus, past participle of bipartire; bis twice + partire. See Partite.]

1.
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.
2.
Divided into two parts almost to the base, as a leaf; consisting of two parts or subdivisions. — Gray