bifurcation
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bi·fur·cate
(bī′fər-kāt′, bī-fûr′-)v. bi·fur·cat·ed, bi·fur·cat·ing, bi·fur·cates
v.tr.
To divide into two parts or branches.
v.intr.
To separate into two parts or branches; fork.
adj. (-kāt′, -kĭt)
Forked or divided into two parts or branches, as the Y-shaped styles of certain flowers.
[Medieval Latin bifurcāre, bifurcāt-, to divide, from Latin bifurcus, two-pronged : bi-, two; see bi-1 + furca, fork.]
bi′fur·cate′ly adv.
bi′fur·ca′tion n.
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Noun | 1. | bifurcation - a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) bifurcation - the place where something divides into two branches ramification, branch, leg - a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches" |
2. | bifurcation - the place where something divides into two branches bifurcation - a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) | |
3. | bifurcation - the act of splitting into two branches |
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bifurcation
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bi·fur·ca·tion
n. bifurcación, división en dos ramas o direcciones.
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