bifurcation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
  2. noun the place where something divides into two branches
  3. noun the act of splitting into two branches

WordNet

Bi`fur*ca"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. bifurcation.
Definitions
  1. A forking, or division into two branches.

Webster 1913