bifurcate, bifurcated

bifurcate, bifurcated
Forked; two-pronged; having two branches. [bi- + L. furca, fork]

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  • bifurcated — adjective divided into or made up of two parts socially bifurcated populations • Similar to: ↑divided * * * adjective Etymology: from past participle of bifurcate (I) 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • bifurcate — I verb bisect, branch, branch off, branch out, cleave, cut in two, dichotomize, dimidiate, divaricate, diverge, divide into two, fork, form a fork, furcate, halve, part, partition, ramify, separate, split, sunder associated concepts: bifurcated… …   Law dictionary

  • Bifurcate — Bi*fur cate, Bifurcated Bi*fur ca*ted, a. [Pref. bi + furcate.] 1. Two pronged; forked. [1913 Webster] 2. divided into or made up of two parts. socially bifurcated populations Syn: chesty. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bifurcated — Bifurcate Bi*fur cate, Bifurcated Bi*fur ca*ted, a. [Pref. bi + furcate.] 1. Two pronged; forked. [1913 Webster] 2. divided into or made up of two parts. socially bifurcated populations Syn: chesty. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bifurcate — [bī′fər kāt΄, bī fʉr′kāt΄; ] for adj. also [, bī′fərkit, bī fʉr′kit] adj. [ML bifurcatus < L bifurcus < bi , BI 1 + furca, FORK] having two branches or peaks; forked vt., vi. bifurcated, bifurcating to divide into two parts or branches …   English World dictionary

  • bifurcate — UK [ˈbaɪfə(r)keɪt] / US [ˈbaɪfərˌkeɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms bifurcate : present tense I/you/we/they bifurcate he/she/it bifurcates present participle bifurcating past tense bifurcated past participle bifurcated formal to divide into two …   English dictionary

  • Bifurcated ligament — Infobox Ligament Name = Bifurcated ligament Latin = ligamentum bifurcatum GraySubject = 96 GrayPage = 354 Caption = The ligaments of the foot from the lateral aspect. (Bifurcated lig. labeled at upper right.) Caption2 = Talocalcaneal and… …   Wikipedia

  • bifurcate — {{11}}bifurcate (adj.) 1835, from M.L. bifurcatus, from L. bi (see BI (Cf. bi )) + furca, the root of FORK (Cf. fork). {{12}}bifurcate (v.) 1610s, from M.L. bifurcatus, from L. bi (see BI (Cf. bi )) + …   Etymology dictionary

  • bifurcate — [[t]ba͟ɪfɜːkeɪt[/t]] bifurcates, bifurcating, bifurcated V ERG If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions. The blood supply bifurcates between eight and thirty times …   English dictionary

  • bifurcate — bifurcately /buy feuhr kayt lee; buy ferr kayt lee, kit /, adv. bifurcation, n. v., adj. /buy feuhr kayt , buy ferr kayt/; adj. also /buy feuhr kit, buy ferr /, v., bifurcated, bifurcating, adj. v.t., v.i. 1. to divide or fork into two branches.… …   Universalium

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