bifurcate

  • 11bifurcate — adj. [L. bis, two; furca, fork] Divided into two branches, stems or knobs; two pronged …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 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.… …

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  • 13bifurcate — 1. adjective a) Divided or forked into two b) Having bifurcations 2. verb To divide or fork into two channels or branches …

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  • 14bifurcate — Forked, divided into two branches [Butler, T.H.] …

    Crustacea glossary

  • 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.… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 16bifurcate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To separate into branches or branchlike parts: branch (out), diverge, divide, fork, ramify, subdivide. See PART …

    English dictionary for students

  • 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… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18bifurcate — bi|fur|cate [ baıfər,keıt ] verb intransitive FORMAL to divide into two separate parts, especially parts that go in different directions: FORK …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19bifurcate — see FORK …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 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 …

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