bifurcate

The definition of bifurcate is to split up or to divide into two different parts or branches.

(verb)

When a trail splits into two trails, this is an example of a time when the trail bifurcates.

See bifurcate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

having two branches or peaks; forked

Origin: ML bifurcatus < L bifurcus < bi-, bi- + furca, fork

transitive verb, intransitive verb bifurcated, bifurcating

to divide into two parts or branches

See bifurcate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb bi·fur·cat·ed, bi·fur·cat·ing, bi·fur·cates

verb, transitive

To divide into two parts or branches.

verb, intransitive

To separate into two parts or branches; fork.

adjective (-kātˌ, -kĭt)

Forked or divided into two parts or branches, as the Y-shaped styles of certain flowers.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin bifurcāre, bifurcāt-, to divide

Origin: , from Latin bifurcus, two-pronged

Origin: : bi-, two; see bi-¹

Origin: + furca, fork

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