Frombifurcate +-ion.
bifurcation (countable anduncountable,pluralbifurcations)
- (biology) Adivision into twobranches.
- (by extension) Any place whereone thingdivides intotwo.
- Theact ofbifurcating;branching or dividing in two.
2023 October 12, Edgar Momplaisir, “A Few Badgeys More” (15:59 from the start), inStar Trek: Lower Decks[1], season 4, episode 7, spoken by Logic-y (Jack McBrayer):“Get away from me, freak.” “Actually, my designation is Logic-y. I take issue with the pejorative when I am simply a product of your self-inflictedbifurcation.”
- Either of theforks or otherbranchesresultant from such a division.
- (geography) A place where tworoads,tributaries etc. part or meet.
- (nautical) The point where achannel divides when proceeding fromseaward.
- (mathematics) The change in thequalitative ortopological structure of a givenfamily as described bybifurcation theory.
- (computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
biology: division into two branches
any place where one divides into two
either of the two resulting forks
a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
Translations to be checked
Frombifurquer +-tion,Medieval Latinbifurcus(“two-pronged”).
bifurcation f (pluralbifurcations)
- abifurcation, where two roads etc. part or meet
