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bipartition

bipartition

8.6
A division of something into two separate parts
  • noun
  • /ˌbaɪpɑːrˈtɪʃən/
translation icon : bipartición
  • The study focused on the bipartition of the data into two separate categories for analysis.

Examples

  • Although being part of the Christian world, Teenek people operate a bipartition of those rituals that express, as the other mentioned practices, an internal distinction between their origins, which is, I argue, at the core of Teenek ethnicity.

    Academic text (2008)
  • This bipartition divides the beholders between those for whom the point of view on the image is not assignable to a particular place and is mandatory in the space, and those for whom the point of view on the image is marked by the (relative) restraint of being bound to a place inferred by the apparatus of projection.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The bipartition of the territory created two distinct cultural regions.

  • After the election, the bipartition of the political parties became evident.

Synonyms

bisection
vsbipartition
1 7.3

To divide something into two equal parts

splits into two parts without insisting they oppose each other
dichotomization
vsbipartition
9.9

The act of dividing something into two clearly different groups

divides into two parts without requiring opposition between them
bipolarization
vsbipartition
9.9

The division of a group into two opposing sides

divides into two parts without requiring them to be equal

Surface Forms

bipartition singular
bipartitions plural

Morphology

bipartition = partition (transparent) = bi + partition

The combination of the prefix 'bi-' meaning 'two' with the noun 'partition' yields the straightforward meaning 'division into two parts'.

Etymology

Bipartition combines bi- 'two' and partition, from part, which means 'a division', so it means dividing something into two parts.