bifurcation

verb (used with or without object), bi·fur·cat·ed, bi·fur·cat·ing.

1. to divide or fork into two branches.

adjective

2. divided into two branches.

verb (ˈbaɪfəˌkeɪt)

1. to fork or divide into two parts or branches

adjective (ɪbaɪˈfəˌkeɪt, -kɪt)

2. forked or divided into two sections or branches

n.

1610s, “the point at which something splits in two,” noun of action from bifurcate (v.). Meaning “division into two forks” is from 1640s.

v.

1610s, from Medieval Latin bifurcatus, from Latin bi- (see bi-) + furca, the root of fork. Related: Bifurcated; bifurcating.

adj.

1835, from Medieval Latin bifurcatus, from Latin bi- (see bi-) + furca, the root of fork (n.).

n.

1. A division into two branches; a forking.

v.

1. To divide into two parts or branches.

adj.

1. Forked or divided into two parts or branches.

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