bifurcation

bifurcation — [ bifyrkasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1560 anat.; de bifurquer 1 ♦ Didact. Division en deux branches. Bifurcation d une tige de plante. ⇒ dichotomie, enfourchure, fourche. 2 ♦ Cour. Endroit où une voie de communication se dédouble. Bifurcation d une route (⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

Bifurcation — means the splitting of a main body into two parts.Bifurcation or Bifurcated may refer to:*Bifurcation (law), the division of issues in a trial for example the division of a page into two parts. *Bifurcation theory, the study of bifurcation in… …   Wikipedia

Bifurcation — Bi fur*ca tion, n. [Cf. F. bifurcation.] A forking, or division into two branches. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

bifurcation — index dichotomy, severance, split Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 bifurcation …   Law dictionary

bifurcation — BIFURCATION. s. f. Terme d Anatomie. Il se dit d Une partie qui fourche et se divise en deux. La bifurcation de la racine d une dent. Il se dit aussi en parlant Des arbres …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

Bifurcation — (v. lat.), Zangengabelgestalt, z.B. die Trennung des Stammes in 2 Äste, besonders in der Anatomie die Gabeltheilung der Luftröhre …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

Bifurcation — Bifurcation, die gabelförmige Theilung in 2 Arme. besonders bei Flüssen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

bifurcation — [bī΄fər kā′shən] n. 1. the act or fact of bifurcating 2. the place where this occurs * * * See bifurcately. * * * …   Universalium

bifurcation — 1610s, the point at which something splits in two, noun of action from BIFURCATE (Cf. bifurcate) (v.). Meaning division into two forks is from 1640s …   Etymology dictionary

bifurcation — [bī΄fər kā′shən] n. 1. the act or fact of bifurcating 2. the place where this occurs …   English World dictionary

Bifurcation — The splitting of a larger whole or main body into two smaller and separate units. Bifurcation can occur when one company divides into two separate divisions, thereby creating two new companies that can each issue shares to stockholders.… …   Investment dictionary