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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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 forking, furcation - the place where something divides into branches bifurcation - a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
	3.	bifurcation - the act of splitting into two branches branching, ramification, fork, forking - the act of branching out or dividing into branches

Translations

διακλάδωση

kahtiajako

bifurcation enfourchure

biforcazione

splitsing

bifurcation

n → Gabelung f

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bi·fur·ca·tion

n. bifurcación, división en dos ramas o direcciones.

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He looked about him sullenly; and when I pointed out in the distance the rounded front of the Eastern Hotel at the bifurcation of two very broad, mean, shabby thoroughfares, rising like a grey stucco tower above the lowly roofs of the dirty-yellow, two-storey houses, he only grunted disapprovingly.

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From the above results we find that the saddle-node-like bifurcation is the unique bifurcation occurring in the regularized system, which has codimension-1; see Figure 7.

Regularization of the Boundary-Saddle-Node Bifurcation

The current research achievements were mainly about the shock wave affecting factors such as the roughness of pipeline wall, pipeline bend, pipeline cross section change, and barriers, but there were few researches on gas explosion shock wave propaganda law under the complicated bifurcation pipeline.

Research on Gas Exploration Shock Wave Spread Law via One-Way Bifurcation Pipeline

ISLAMABAD -- In a move towards the bifurcation of the existing EX-Wapda Discos and to establish new electricity distribution companies, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has asked the Energy Division to start with the bifurcation of Pesco and create Hazara Electric Supply Company (Hezco), it is learnt reliably here Tuesday.

PM directs ED to start bifurcation of Pesco by creating Hezco

The bifurcation ratio ranges from 2 to 8.5 and the average bifurcation ratio of the basin is 3.42 which specifies that this region is homogeneous in lithology and tectonically stable.

ASSESSMENT AND EXTRACTION OF HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF MUNDA DAM WATERSHED - A GEOSPATIAL APPROACH

Secondly, we postulate that the more distal the bifurcation occurs, the more likely there will be spread from the popliteal injection site to the common sciatic nerve, resulting in unintended CPN blockade.

The Anatomic Relationship of the Tibial Nerve to the Common Peroneal Nerve in the Popliteal Fossa: Implications for Selective Tibial Nerve Block in Total Knee Arthroplasty

They analyzed the stability of the fixed points and gave the bifurcation diagram and Lyapunov exponent spectrum along with the corresponding chaotic attractor.

Study on Triopoly Dynamic Game Model Based on Different Demand Forecast Methods in the Market

For example, the Chebyshev polynomial approximation [18-20], one form of orthogonal polynomial approximation, is applied to explore dynamical behaviors in the integer-order systems with bounded random parameters, for example, period-doubling bifurcation, symmetry-breaking bifurcation, Hopf bifurcation, and chaos.

Period-Doubling Bifurcation of Stochastic Fractional-Order Duffing System via Chebyshev Polynomial Approximation

Continuous and Discontinuous Piecewise-Smooth One-Dimensional Maps: Invariant Sets and Bifurcation Structures