The bifurcation in the middle of the path was found quite confusing by our intergalactic tour guide.
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Bifurcation
//ˌbaɪfɚˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "bifurcation" (76 found)
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71 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- бифуркация noun (a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet)
- бифуркация noun (mathematics)
- раздвоение noun (any place where one divides into two)
- разделяне noun (any place where one divides into two)
Catalan
2 entries- bifurcació noun (biology: division into two branches)
- bifurcació noun (any place where one divides into two)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 分叉 noun (any place where one divides into two)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 丫 noun (biology: division into two branches)
- 丫 noun (either of the two resulting forks)
- 分叉 noun (any place where one divides into two)
- 椏叉 /桠叉 noun (biology: division into two branches)
Czech
2 entries- rozdvojení noun (biology: division into two branches)
- větvení noun (biology: division into two branches)
Dutch
4 entries- aftakking noun (act of bifurcating)
- bifurcatie noun (any place where one divides into two)
- splitsen noun (act of bifurcating)
- splitsing noun (biology: division into two branches)
Finnish
4 entries- bifurkaatio noun (biology: division into two branches)
- bifurkaatio noun (any place where one divides into two)
- bifurkaatio noun (act of bifurcating)
- bifurkaatio noun (mathematics)
French
1 entries- bifurcation noun (a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet)
Galician
2 entries- bifurcación noun (biology: division into two branches)
- gallada noun (biology: division into two branches)
German
4 entries- Bifurkation noun (biology: division into two branches)
- Bifurkation noun (mathematics)
- Gabelung noun (biology: division into two branches)
- Gabelung noun (any place where one divides into two)
Hungarian
1 entries- bifurkáció noun (mathematics)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- bifurkasjon noun (biology: division into two branches)
- bifurkasjon noun (any place where one divides into two)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- bifurkasjon noun (biology: division into two branches)
- bifurkasjon noun (any place where one divides into two)
Polish
4 entries- bifurkacja noun (any place where one divides into two)
- bifurkacja noun (a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet)
- rozgałęzienie noun (any place where one divides into two)
- rozwidlenie noun (any place where one divides into two)
Romanian
2 entries- bifurcare noun (biology: division into two branches)
- divizare noun (biology: division into two branches)
Russian
4 entries- разветвле́ние noun (biology: division into two branches)
- разветвле́ние noun (any place where one divides into two)
- раздвое́ние noun (biology: division into two branches)
- раздвое́ние noun (any place where one divides into two)
Spanish
2 entries- bifurcación noun (any place where one divides into two)
- bifurcación noun (a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet)
Sample sentences
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The river's bifurcation creates an island.
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The debate revealed a clear bifurcation between traditionalists and reformers.
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In biology, bifurcation often describes the splitting of a vein or artery into two smaller branches.
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