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Noun forking has 2 senses

• forking(n = noun.shape) furcation - the place where something divides into branches; Array
is a kind of angular shape, angularity
has particulars: bifurcation
has parts: branch, leg, ramification
Derived form verb fork₃

• forking(n = noun.act) branching, fork, ramification - the act of branching out or dividing into branches; Array
is a kind of division
has particulars: bifurcation, trifurcation, divarication, fibrillation
Derived form verb fork₃

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bisection

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.

Divergence

N divergence, divergency, divarication, ramification, forking, radiation, separation, dispersion, deviation, aberration, diverging, divergent, radiant, centrifugal, aberrant.

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