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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noun
Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪfəˈkeɪʃən/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bī'fər-kāʹshən

Definition 1:
• A division into two branches.
Labels: biology, natural-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• Any place where one thing divides into two.
Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
Labels: geography, natural-sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 6:
• The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Labels: nautical, transport, countable, uncountable

Definition 7:
• The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
Labels: mathematics, sciences, countable, uncountable

Definition 8:
• A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
Labels: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences, countable, uncountable

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bifurcation