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