bifurcate

  • 21bifurcate — bi·fur·cate || baɪfÉ™keɪt v. split into two, divide into two …

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  • 22bifurcate — verb bʌɪfəkeɪt divide into two branches or forks. adjective bʌɪ fə:kət forked; branched. Derivatives bifurcation noun Origin C17: from med. L. bifurcat , bifurcare divide into two forks , from L. bifurcus two forked …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 23bifurcate — a.; (also bifurcated) Forked, two pronged, two branched, bifurcous …

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  • 24bifurcate — verb (I) formal if a road, river etc bifurcates, it divides into two separate parts bifurcation noun (C, U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25bifurcate —   Forked in a Y shaped manner, usually applying to leaves, leaflets, or stems (e.g. the leaflets of Cycas micholitzii); with two terminal, long lobes (e.g. the apices of some Encephalartos hildebrandtii leaflets) …

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  • 26bifurcate — bi·fur·cate …

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  • 27bifurcate — bi•fur•cate v., adj. [[t]ˈbaɪ fərˌkeɪt, baɪˈfɜr keɪt[/t]] adj. also [[t] kɪt[/t]] v. cat•ed, cat•ing, adj. 1) to divide or fork into two branches 2) divided into two branches • Etymology: 1605–15; < ML bifurcātus= L bi bi+furca fork bi… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28bifurcate — verb (bifurcated, bifurcating) –verb (t) /ˈbaɪfəkeɪt / (say buyfuhkayt) 1. to divide or fork into two branches. –verb (i) /ˈbaɪfəkeɪt / (say buyfuhkayt) 2. to separate into two parts. –adjective /ˈbaɪfəkət/ (say buyfuhkuht), / keɪt/ (say kayt) 3 …

  • 29bifurcate —   v.i.,v.t. v.i. & t. split into two branches or forks, a. so divided.    ♦ bifurcation, n. forking into two; one of the forks …

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  • 30bifurcate — see FORK …

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