Associations to the word «Bifurcation»

Wiktionary

BIFURCATION, noun. (biology) A division into two branches.
BIFURCATION, noun. (by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
BIFURCATION, noun. The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
BIFURCATION, noun. Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
BIFURCATION, noun. (geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
BIFURCATION, noun. (nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
BIFURCATION, noun. (mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as decribed by bifurcation theory.
BIFURCATION, noun. (computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
BIFURCATION THEORY, noun. (mathematics) A branch of mathematics concerned with dynamical systems which suffer sudden qualitative changes from an infinitesimal change in a parameter.

Dictionary definition

BIFURCATION, noun. A bifurcating branch (one or both of them).
BIFURCATION, noun. The place where something divides into two branches.
BIFURCATION, noun. The act of splitting into two branches.

Wise words

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