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 | ||