bifurcation
pronunciation
How to pronounce bifurcation in British English:
UK [ˌbaɪfə'keɪʃn]
How to pronounce bifurcation in American English:
US [ˌbaɪfə'keɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
- the place where something divides into two branches
- the act of splitting into two branches
Word Origin
- bifurcation (n.)
- 1610s, "the point at which something splits in two," noun of action from bifurcate (v.). Meaning "division into two forks" is from 1640s.
Example
- 1. We have reached another bifurcation point in history .
- 2. Tech plays a role in structuring the way this bifurcation is going down .
- 3. Grazing bifurcation of a cantilever vibrating system with one-sided impact .
- 4. Localization band of post bifurcation in plane sheet .
- 5. Objective to explore the clinical significance of color doppler sonography study in innominate artery bifurcation .