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Bifurcate

//ˈbaɪfəˌkeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Divided or forked into two; bifurcated. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Having bifurcations. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To divide or fork into two channels or branches. intransitive

    "A considerable switch is to take place between Charing Cross and Cannon Street as termini for existing trains, in order to develop parallel working over the flat junction at Borough Market, where the two routes bifurcate (four tracks to Cannon Street and two to Charing Cross), as many as 20 times in the maximum hour, when the junction will handle 104 trains in all."

  2. 2
    divide into two branches wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause to bifurcate. transitive

    "The forces that reduce two people to a Goodreads recommendation have bifurcated us politically, and that day we saw the virtual, intangible dangers of this attention economy turn very real: thousands of violent rioters, radicalised online, seemingly brainwashed, fighting with guns for a lie."

  4. 4
    split or divide into two wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus. Surface Analysis bi- + furcate.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus. Surface Analysis bi- + furcate.

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