as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined separated the bipartite rock

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Recent Examples of bipartite The procedure was on his bipartite patella, or a two-part kneecap that didn’t fuse together at birth. Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024 Specifically, your growing child might encounter a condition called bipartite patella. ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 30 July 2024 What the Jewish People needed, Isaac thought, was bipartite leadership. Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2021 In the last week, the team has shut down sluggers Shohei Ohtani (surgery to address bipartite patella in his left knee), Justin Upton (patellar tendinitis in his right knee) and Mike Trout (Morton’s neuroma in his right foot). Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
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Adjective
  • As mentioned, this season ends with dual cliffhangers.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2025
  • Piper Heath is a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, completing dual degrees in journalism and political science.
    Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
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  • The punch-card Jacquard loom, invented in the early 19th-century for weaving, is considered a precursor to modern computing because its use of binary code inspired early computer design.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
  • Instead of processing data in the binary state of zeros and ones, quantum computers run on qubits, which encompass myriad states all at once.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 May 2025
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  • Pulsars are spinning neutron stars that emit twin beams of radio waves from their magnetic poles.
    Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 22 May 2025
  • And Nat started out in the baby world after her frustrations with her twin pregnancy and delivery.
    Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 22 May 2025

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“Bipartite.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bipartite. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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