tripartite

Context: The 1994 Act reorganized schooling on a 'tripartite' system: with the exception of those in education, chilidren were to be transferred at age 11 to either a grammer, techinical or secondary modern school. Source: Abercrombie, N. and A. Warde (2003) //Contemporary British Society,// Great Britain: T.J. International, Padstow, Cornwall

Definition: adj. [only before noun] formal involving three parts, groups Eg: tripartite agreement/talks a tripartite agreement between France, Britain, and Germany Source: Longman Dictionary Contemporary English (2005), Person Education Limited