Definition of "bifurcation" [bi•fur•ca•tion]

• A division into two branches. (noun)
• 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)
• A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet. (noun)

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• "[Footnote: Some geographical writers apply the term bifurcation exclusively to this intercommunication of rivers; others, with more etymological propriety, use it to express the division of great rivers into branches at the head of their deltas."
• "Case in point, the Chrome/Android bifurcation is as much a statement of the way products are built at Google as something elemental to mobile, mobility, tablets, netbooks and web apps."
• "His blog contains "Essays and articles about IT and Indian English," and in the latter category is an entry about the word bifurcation:Bifurcation is one my favorite words in the English language..."