bifurcation

C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition
US /ˌbaɪfɚˈkeɪʃən/ UK /ˌbaɪfəˈkeɪʃən/
noun Freq #83868

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.

    “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-inflicted bifurcation.”.

  2. 2
    noun

    the act of splitting into two branches

  3. 3
    noun

    the place where something divides into two branches

  4. 4
    noun

    a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)

Thesaurus

Word family
Derived forms bifurcationalpostbifurcationprebifurcationrebifurcation
Related forms bifurcatequadfurcationtrifurcation

Etymology

From bifurcate + -ion.

Topics

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