Bifurcation

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.

Thesaurus

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