Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bifurcation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bifurcation \Bi`fur*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. bifurcation.]
A forking, or division into two branches.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bifurcation
n 1: a division into two or more branches [syn: {furcation}, {forking}]
2: splitting into two branches
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