tripartite Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite involving three parties or elements
    three-party; three-way.
    • a tripartite treaty
    • a tripartite division
    • a three-way playoff

WordNet

Trip"ar*tite adjective
Etymology
L. tripartitus; tri- (see Tri-) + partitus, p. p. of partiri to part, to divide. See Part, v. i.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913