Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tripartite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tripartite \Trip"ar*tite\, a. [L. tripartitus; tri- (see {Tri-})
+ partitus, p. p. of partiri to part, to divide. See {Part},
v. i.]
1. Divided into three parts; triparted; as, a tripartite
leaf.
2. Having three corresponding parts or copies; as, to make
indentures tripartite. --A. Smith.
3. Made between three parties; as, a tripartite treaty.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tripartite
adj : involving three parties or elements; "the triangular
mother-father-child relationship"; "a trilateral
agreement"; "a tripartite treaty"; "a tripartite
division"; "a three-way playoff" [syn: {triangular}, {trilateral},
{three-party}, {three-way}]
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