Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
bivariate is an adjective meaning "having two variables". It carries one recorded sense.
having two variables
“bivariate binomial distribution”
mathematics
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bivariate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.