bifurcation

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• UK: /ˌbaɪfəˈkeɪʃən/
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• US: bī'fər-kāʹshən
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• US: /ˌbaɪfɚˈkeɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: B IH2 F ER0 K EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: B AY2 F ER0 K EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English bifurcate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English bifurcation From bifurcate + -ion.

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разклоняване (razklonjavane) — biology: division into two branches
• Catalan: bifurcació — biology: division into two branches
• Chinese Mandarin: 椏叉 /桠叉 (yāchā) — biology: division into two branches
• Chinese Mandarin: 丫 (yā) — biology: division into two branches
• Czech: větvení — biology: division into two branches
• Czech: rozdvojení — biology: division into two branches
• Dutch: vertakking — biology: division into two branches
• Dutch: tweedeling — biology: division into two branches
• Dutch: splitsing — biology: division into two branches
• Finnish: bifurkaatio — biology: division into two branches
• Galician: bifurcación — biology: division into two branches
• Galician: gallada — biology: division into two branches
• German: Gabelung — biology: division into two branches
• German: Bifurkation — biology: division into two branches
• Norwegian Bokmål: bifurkasjon — biology: division into two branches
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bifurkasjon — biology: division into two branches
• Romanian: divizare — biology: division into two branches
• Romanian: bifurcare — biology: division into two branches
• Russian: разветвле́ние (razvetvlénije) — biology: division into two branches
• Russian: раздвое́ние (razdvojénije) — biology: division into two branches
• Bulgarian: раздвоение (razdvoenie) — any place where one divides into two
• Bulgarian: разделяне (razdeljane) — any place where one divides into two
• Catalan: bifurcació — any place where one divides into two
• Chinese Cantonese: 分叉 (fan1 caa1) — any place where one divides into two
• Chinese Mandarin: 分叉 (fēnchà) — any place where one divides into two
• Dutch: vertakking — any place where one divides into two
• Dutch: bifurcatie — any place where one divides into two
• Dutch: tweesprong — any place where one divides into two
• Finnish: haara — any place where one divides into two
• Finnish: haarauma — any place where one divides into two
• Finnish: haarakohta — any place where one divides into two
• Finnish: bifurkaatio — any place where one divides into two
• German: Gabelung — any place where one divides into two
• Norwegian Bokmål: bifurkasjon — any place where one divides into two
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bifurkasjon — any place where one divides into two
• Polish: rozgałęzienie — any place where one divides into two
• Polish: rozwidlenie — any place where one divides into two
• Polish: bifurkacja — any place where one divides into two
• Russian: разветвле́ние (razvetvlénije) — any place where one divides into two
• Russian: раздвое́ние (razdvojénije) — any place where one divides into two
• Spanish: bifurcación — any place where one divides into two
• Tibetan: ཁ་དབྲག (kha dbrag) — any place where one divides into two
• Chinese Mandarin: 丫 (yā) — either of the two resulting forks
• Dutch: vertakking — either of the two resulting forks
• Dutch: tak — either of the two resulting forks
• Finnish: haara — either of the two resulting forks
• Finnish: puoli — either of the two resulting forks
• Bulgarian: разделяне (razdeljane) — act of bifurcating
• Dutch: vertakking — act of bifurcating
• Dutch: aftakking — act of bifurcating
• Dutch: vertakken — act of bifurcating
• Dutch: splitsen — act of bifurcating
• Finnish: haarautuminen kahtia — act of bifurcating
• Finnish: bifurkaatio — act of bifurcating
• German: Gabelung — act of bifurcating
• German: Verzweigung — act of bifurcating
• Bulgarian: бифуркация (bifurkacija) — a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
• Dutch: splitsing — a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
• Finnish: risteys — a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
• Finnish: haara — a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
• Finnish: tienhaara — a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
• French: bifurcation — a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
• German: Weggabelung — a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
• Polish: rozwidlenie — a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
• Polish: bifurkacja — a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
• Spanish: bifurcación — a place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet
• Bulgarian: бифуркация (bifurkacija) — mathematics
• Finnish: bifurkaatio — mathematics
• Finnish: kahdentuminen — mathematics
• German: Bifurkation — mathematics
• German: Verzweigung — mathematics
• Hungarian: bifurkáció — mathematics