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bipartition

bipartition

8.6
A division of something into two separate parts
  • noun
  • /ˌbaɪpɑːrˈtɪʃən/
: 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
1 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.