bifurcation

  1. Noun.  (biology) A division into two branches.
  2. Noun.  (context, by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
  3. Noun.  The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
  4. Noun.  Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
  5. Noun.  (geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
  6. Noun.  (nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
  7. Noun.  (mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as decribed by bifurcation theory.
  8. Noun.  (computer science) A command than execute one bloc or other of commands depending the result of a condition.

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