furcation
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fur·cate
(fûr′kāt′)intr.v. fur·cat·ed, fur·cat·ing, fur·cates
To divide into branches; fork.
adj.
Divided into branches; forked.
[Late Latin furcātus, forked, from Latin furca, fork.]
fur′cate′ly adv.
fur·ca′tion n.
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| Noun | 1. | furcation - the place where something divides into branches angular shape, angularity - a shape having one or more sharp angles 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" |
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