bifurcate
11bifurcate — adj. [L. bis, two; furca, fork] Divided into two branches, stems or knobs; two pronged …
12bifurcate — bifurcately /buy feuhr kayt lee; buy ferr kayt lee, kit /, adv. bifurcation, n. v., adj. /buy feuhr kayt , buy ferr kayt/; adj. also /buy feuhr kit, buy ferr /, v., bifurcated, bifurcating, adj. v.t., v.i. 1. to divide or fork into two branches.… …
13bifurcate — 1. adjective a) Divided or forked into two b) Having bifurcations 2. verb To divide or fork into two channels or branches …
14bifurcate — Forked, divided into two branches [Butler, T.H.] …
15bifurcate — bi·fur·cate bī (.)fər .kāt, bī fər vi, cat·ed; cat·ing to divide into two branches or parts bi·fur·cate ( )bī fər kət, .kāt; bī (.)fər .kāt or bi·fur·cat·ed .kāt əd adj bi·fur·ca·tion .bī (.)fər kā shən n * * * bi·fur·cate (bi furґkāt) [L.… …
16bifurcate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To separate into branches or branchlike parts: branch (out), diverge, divide, fork, ramify, subdivide. See PART …
17bifurcate — bi|fur|cate [ˈbaıfəkeıt US ər ] v [Date: 1600 1700; : Medieval Latin; Origin: , past participle of bifurcare, from [i]Latin bi ( BI ) + furca fork ] formal if a road, river etc bifurcates, it divides into two separate parts >bifurcation… …
18bifurcate — bi|fur|cate [ baıfər,keıt ] verb intransitive FORMAL to divide into two separate parts, especially parts that go in different directions: FORK …
19bifurcate — see FORK …
20bifurcate — [[t]ba͟ɪfɜːkeɪt[/t]] bifurcates, bifurcating, bifurcated V ERG If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions. The blood supply bifurcates between eight and thirty times …