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bifurcate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb bifurcate has 2 senses
- bifurcate(v = verb.stative) Array - split or divide into two; Array is one way to diverge
- bifurcate(v = verb.change) Array - divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated" is one way to branch, fork, furcate, ramify, separate
Derived forms noun bifurcation3, noun bifurcation1, noun fork2
Sample sentences:
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Derived forms noun bifurcation3, noun bifurcation2, noun bifurcation1, noun fork2
Sample sentence:
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Adjective bifurcate has 1 sense
- bifurcate(s = adj.all) biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy - resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"
CIDE DICTIONARY
bifurcate, a. [Pref. bi- + furcate.].
- Two-pronged; forked. [1913 Webster]
- divided into or made up of two parts. [WordNet 1.5]
bifurcate, v. i.
To divide into two branches. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bifurcate, v. & adj.
--v.tr. & intr. divide into two branches; fork.
--adj. forked; branched.
--v.tr. & intr. divide into two branches; fork.
--adj. forked; branched.
Etymology
med.L bifurcare f. L bifurcus two-forked (as BI-, furca fork)
ROGET THESAURUS
bifurcate
bisection
VB bisect, halve, divide, split, cut in two, cleave dimidiate, dichotomize, go halves, divide with, separate, fork, bifurcate, branch off, out, ramify.N bisection, bipartition, dichotomy, subdichotomy, halving, dimidiation, bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication, fork, prong, fold, half, moiety, bisected, cloven, cleft, bipartite, biconjugate, bicuspid, bifid, bifurcous, bifurcate, bifurcated, distichous, dichotomous, furcular, semi-, demi-, hemi.
Angularity
VB bend, fork, bifurcate, crinkle.N angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp, bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, angle of 45 degrees, miter, acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle, angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity, trigonometry, goniometry, altimetry, clinometer, graphometer, goniometer, theodolite, sextant, quadrant, dichotomy, triangle, trigon, wedge, rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond, rhomb, rhombus, quadrangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, quadrature, polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon, decagon, pyramid, cone, Platonic bodies, cube, rhomboid, tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron, prism, pyramid, parallelopiped, curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.
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