bifurcate
- adjective
- /ˈbaɪfərˌkeɪt/
- Formal
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bifurcado
- The plant has a bifurcate stem that splits into two distinct branches.
Like it's, it's so much bigger and more complex than that, that it has now become very bifurcating, very extreme.
- Like it's, it's so much bigger and more complex than that, that it has now become very bifurcating, very extreme.
Examples
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This is the stent on the inside of a PTFE fabric with a bifurcated uni modular system.
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The map shows a bifurcate river that flows in two directions.
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The Urat possess a bifurcate merging Iroquois set of kin terms.
Academic text (1992) -
The designer created a bifurcate pattern that separates the two colors.
Synonyms
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8.2
Split into two separate parts
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4.2
Dividing into two or more branches, like a road that splits
Shaped like a fork with two thin branches
Having two parts that reach almost to the base
A leaf or plant part with two separate lobes like a ginkgo leaf
Having two rounded parts separated by a deep notch
A limb or body part that has two separate branches
Shaped like a fork with two or more branches
A thing with parts that split into two or more branches
A thing that has thin pointed parts that stick out like the points of a fork
Having two or more pointy branches like a fork
Having parts that split and spread out like a tree
Split into groups that do not agree
Surface Forms
Morphology
bifurcate = furcate (semi-transparent) = bi + furcate
The prefix 'bi-' meaning 'two' combines logically with 'furcate', but 'furcate' is a rare/technical base that many learners may not know.
Etymology
Bifurcate comes from the Latin parts bi- 'two' and furca 'fork'. So, think of a fork with two branches; something bifurcate is divided into two parts.