adjective. Divided into parts.

Parted or divided into parts: usually in composition with qualifying or specifying prefix, as bipartite, tripartite, quadripartite. See the compounds.

In botany, same as parted.

In entomology, divided by a slit from the apex to the base, as the wings of certain small moths.

adjective. Divided nearly to the base.

adjective. Consisting of parts; usually used in compounds specifying the number of parts.

adjective. divided into parts

"The reason healthcare reform defies simple solutions is that it is a tri-partite relationship with two consumers, two vendors and asymmetrical price signals."

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