English noun: bifurcation | |||
1. | bifurcation (shape) a bifurcating branch (one or both of them) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | branch, leg, ramification | ||
Part meronym | bifurcation | ||
2. | bifurcation (shape) the place where something divides into two branches | ||
Broader (hypernym) | forking, furcation | ||
Part holonym | bifurcation | ||
3. | bifurcation (act) the act of splitting into two branches | ||
Broader (hypernym) | branching, fork, forking, ramification | ||