bifurcation

English

Etymology

Frombifurcate+‎-ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˌbaɪfəˈkeɪʃən/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• (US)enPR:bī'fər-kāʹshən,IPA^(key):/ˌbaɪfɚˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes:-eɪʃən

Noun

bifurcation(countableanduncountable,pluralbifurcations)

1. (biology)Adivisioninto twobranches.
2. (by extension)Any place whereonethingdividesintotwo.
3. Theactofbifurcating;branchingor dividing in two.
4. Either of theforksor otherbranchesresultantfrom such a division.
5. (geography)A place where tworoads,tributariesetc. part or meet.
6. (nautical)The point where achanneldivides when proceeding fromseaward.
7. (mathematics)The change in thequalitativeortopologicalstructure of a givenfamilyas described bybifurcation theory.
8. (computer science)A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.

Synonyms

• (division into two branches):branched,branching,forked,forking

Derived terms

• bifurcational
• bifurcation theory
• postbifurcation
• prebifurcation
• rebifurcation

Related terms

• bifurcate
• trifurcation
• quadfurcation

Translations

biology: division into two branches

• Catalan:bifurcació(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Nha xoa／Nha xoa(yāchā),Nha(zh)(yā)

• Czech:větvenín,rozdvojenín
• Dutch:vertakking(nl),tweedeling(nl),splitsing(nl)f
• Finnish:bifurkaatio(fi)
• Galician:bifurcación(gl)f,galladaf
• German:Gabelung(de),Bifurkation(de)f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:bifurkasjonm

  Nynorsk:bifurkasjonm

• Romanian:divizare(ro),bifurcare(ro)
• Russian:разветвле́ние(ru)n(razvetvlénije),раздвое́ние(ru)n(razdvojénije)

any place where one divides into two

• Catalan:bifurcació(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Phân nhánh(fan¹caa¹)

  Mandarin:Phân nhánh(zh)(fēnchà)

• Dutch:vertakking(nl),bifurcatie(nl),tweesprong(nl)
• Finnish:haara(fi),haarauma,haarakohta,bifurkaatio(fi)
• German:Gabelung(de)f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:bifurkasjonm

  Nynorsk:bifurkasjonm

• Polish:rozgałęzienie(pl)n,rozwidlenie(pl)n,bifurkacjaf
• Russian:разветвле́ние(ru)n(razvetvlénije),раздвое́ние(ru)n(razdvojénije)
• Spanish:bifurcación(es)f

either of the two resulting forks

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Nha(zh)(yā)

• Dutch:vertakking(nl),tak(nl)
• Finnish:haara(fi),puoli(fi)

act of bifurcating

• Dutch:vertakking(nl),aftakking(nl),vertakken(nl),splitsen(nl)
• Finnish:haarautuminenkahtia;bifurkaatio(fi)
• German:Gabelung(de)f,Verzweigung(de)f

a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet

• Dutch:splitsing(nl)
• Finnish:risteys(fi),haara(fi),tienhaara(fi)
• French:bifurcation(fr)f
• German:Weggabelung(de)f
• Polish:rozwidlenie(pl)n,bifurkacjaf
• Spanish:bifurcación(es)f

mathematics

• Finnish:bifurkaatio(fi),kahdentuminen
• German:Bifurkation(de)f,Verzweigung(de)f
• Hungarian:bifurkáció(hu)

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• Albanian:^{(pleaseverify)}bigëzim(sq)n
• Bulgarian:^{(pleaseverify)}разклонение(bg)(razklonenie),^{(pleaseverify)}раздвояване(razdvojavane)
• Swedish:^{(pleaseverify)}delning(sv)n,^{(pleaseverify)}klyvning(sv)n,^{(pleaseverify)}bifurkation(sv)n

French

Etymology

Frombifurquer+‎-tion,Medieval Latinbifurcus(“two-spronged”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

bifurcationf(pluralbifurcations)

1. abifurcation,where two roads etc. part or meet

Related terms

• bifurquer(verb)

Further reading

• “bifurcation”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.