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Definition of: tripartite
(trī·pär′tīt) adjective
1. Divided into three parts or divisions; threefold: a tripartite leaf: also tri·part·ed (trī′pär·tid).
2. Law Pertaining to or executed between three parties.
3. Math. Homogeneous in three sets of variables. [<L tripartitus <tri- three + partitus, pp. of partiri divide]
—tri·par′tite·ly adverb
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