bifurcation
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[edit] Etymology
From bifurcate 'to divide into branches', from medieval Latin bifurcatus, the past participle of bifurcare, from Latin bifurcus 'two-pronged', itself from bi- + furca 'fork'
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- (UK) IPA: /ˌbaɪfəˈkeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /%baIf@"keIS@n/
- (US) enPR: bī'fər-kāʹshən, IPA: /ˌbaɪfɚˈkeɪʃən/, SAMPA: /%baIf@`"keIS@n/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
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bifurcation (plural bifurcations)
- (biology) A division into two branches.
- (by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
- The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
- Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
- (geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
- (nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
- (mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as decribed by bifurcation theory.
- (computer science) A command than execute one bloc or other of commands depending the result of a condition.
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biology: division into two branches
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any place where one divides into two
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act of bifurcating
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a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
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mathematics
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[edit] Etymology
From bifurcate 'to divide into braches', from medieval Latin bifurcatus, the past participle of bifurcare, from Latin bifurcus 'two-spronged', itself from bi- + forca 'fork'
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bifurcation f. (plural bifurcations)
- A bifurcation, where two roads etc. part or meet
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- bifurquer (verb)
