Meaning

noun a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)

noun the place where something divides into two branches

noun the act of splitting into two branches

originEtymology tree English bifurcate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English bifurcation From bifurcate + -ion.

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