bifurcate (redirected from bifurcating)

bi·fur·cate  (bfr-kt, b-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. (-kt, -kt)

Forked or divided into two parts or branches, as the Y-shaped styles of certain flowers.

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[Medieval Latin bifurcre, bifurct-, to divide, from Latin bifurcus, two-pronged : bi-, two; see bi-¹ + furca, fork.]

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bifur·cately adv.

bifur·cation n.

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bifurcate

Verb

[-cating, -cated]

to fork into two branches

Adjective

forked into two branches [bi- + Latin furca fork]

bifurcation n

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bifurcate  (bfr-kt, b-fûr-)

Forked or divided into two parts or branches, as the Y-shaped styles of certain flowers or the tongues of snakes.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	bifurcate - split or divide into two diverge - extend in a different direction; "The lines start to diverge here"; "Their interests diverged"
	2.	bifurcate - divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated" furcate, branch, fork, ramify, separate - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"
Adj.	1.	bifurcate - resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots" biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, prongy, pronged divided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"