bifurcation

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From bifurcate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪfəˈkeɪʃən/
• (US) enPR: bī'fər-kāʹshən, IPA^(key): /ˌbaɪfɚˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

bifurcation ‎(plural bifurcations)

1. (biology) A division into two branches.
2. (by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
3. The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
4. Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
5. (geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
6. (nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
7. (mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as decribed by bifurcation theory.
8. (computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.

Synonyms

• (division into two branches): branched, branching, forked, forking

Related terms

• bifurcate
• trifurcation
• quadfurcation

Derived terms

• bifurcation theory

Translations

biology: division into two branches

• Czech: větvení n, rozdvojení n
• Dutch: vertakking, tweedeling, splitsing (nl) f
• Finnish: bifurkaatio (fi)

• German: Gabelung (de), Bifurkation (de) f
• Romanian: divizare (ro), bifurcare (ro)

any place where one divides into two

• Dutch: vertakking, bifurcatie (nl), tweesprong (nl)
• Finnish: bifurkaatio (fi)

• German: Gabelung (de) f
• Spanish: bifurcación (es) f

either of the two resulting forks

• Dutch: vertakking, tak (nl)

• Finnish: haara (fi)

act of bifurcating

• Dutch: vertakking, aftakking (nl)
• Finnish: haarautuminen (fi) kahtia; bifurkaatio (fi)

• German: Gabelung (de) f, Verzweigung (de) f

a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet

• German: Weggabelung f

• Polish: rozwidlenie (pl) n
• Spanish: bifurcación (es) f

mathematics

• German: Bifurkation (de) f, Verzweigung (de) f

• Hungarian: bifurkáció (hu)

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• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} bigëzim (sq) n
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} разклонение (bg) ‎(razklonenie), ^{(please verify)} раздвояване ‎(razdvojavane)
• French: bifurcation, division

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} delning n, ^{(please verify)} klyvning n, ^{(please verify)} bifurkation n

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French

Etymology

From bifurcate 'to divide into branches', from medieval Latin bifurcatus, the past participle of bifurcare, from Latin bifurcus 'two-spronged', itself from bi- + furca 'fork'

Noun

bifurcation f ‎(plural bifurcations)

1. A bifurcation, where two roads etc. part or meet

Related terms

• bifurquer (verb)

External links

• “bifurcation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).