Igama elithi "bipartite" liyisichasiso esisho into eyakhiwe noma ehlukaniswe izingxenye ezimbili noma izigaba. Ivamise ukusetshenziselwa ukuchaza isakhiwo, ubudlelwano, noma inhlangano engahlukaniswa ngokusobala ibe izingxenye ezimbili ezihlukene nezihlukene. Ngombono wegrafu, igrafu ye-bipartite igrafu ama-vertices ayo angahlukaniswa abe amasethi amabili ahlukene kangangokuthi wonke amaphethelo axhuma ama-vertices ukusuka kwenye isethi kuya kwenye.