Definition of bifurcate Bifurcate
/bɪˈfɚkejˌt/ - [biferkeyt] - bi•fur•cate
We found 11 definitions of bifurcate from 6 different sources.
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What does bifurcate mean?
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| bifurcate - divide into two branches; "The road bifurcated" | ||
| furcate, branch, ramify, fork, separate divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks" | ||
| bifurcate - split or divide into two | ||
| diverge move or draw apart; "The two paths diverge here" | ||
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| bifurcate - resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots" | ||
| biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy | ||
| divided distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose | ||
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Wiktionary 
- bifurcate (Verb)
To divide or fork into two channels or branches. - bifurcate (Adjective)
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated. - bifurcate (Adjective)
Having bifurcations.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bifurcate (a.)
Alt. of Bifurcated - bifurcate (v. i.)
To divide into two branches.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bifurcate
bī-fur′kāt, Bifurcated, bī-fur′kāt-ed, adj. two-forked; having two prongs or branches.—n. Bifurcā′tion, a forking or division into two branches. [L. bifurcus—bi-, bis, twice, furca, a fork.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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bifurcate
A river is said to bifurcate, or to form a fork, when it divides into two distinct branches, as at the heads of deltas and in fluvial basins.
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🔤- bifurcate, verb, present, 1st person singular of bifurcate (infinitive).
- bifurcate, verb (infinitive).
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