bifurcation

Meanings

Plural: bifurcations

Noun

• a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
• the place where something divides into two branches
• the act of splitting into two branches
• A division into two branches.
• Any place where one thing divides into two.
• The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
• Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
• A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
• The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
• The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
• A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.

Synonyms

branched, branching, forked, forking

Related Words

bifurcate, quadfurcation, trifurcation