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Bifurcate   /bˈɪfərkˌeɪt/  /bˈaɪfərkˌeɪt/   Listen
Bifurcate

adjective
1.
Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches.  Synonyms: biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy.  "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"






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"Bifurcate" Quotes from Famous Books



... separate treatise. Enough information, however, is given as to his method in the curious collection of the fragments connected with the Chrestomathia. A logical method upon which he constantly insisted is that of 'bipartition,'[370] called also the 'dichotomous' or 'bifurcate' method, and exemplified by the so-called 'Porphyrian Tree.' The principle is, of course, simple. Take any genus: divide it into two classes, one of which has and the other has not a certain mark. The two classes ...
— The English Utilitarians, Volume I. • Leslie Stephen



Words linked to "Bifurcate" :   diverge, separate, ramify, fork, bifurcation, furcate, divided, branch



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