Bifurcation
Bifurcation means the splitting of a main body into two parts.
Bifurcation or Bifurcated may refer to:
- Bifurcation (law), the division of issues in a trial for example the division of a page into two parts.
- Bifurcation theory, the study of bifurcation in dynamical systems
- River bifurcation, the forking of a river into its tributaries
- Tongue bifurcation (disambiguation), different modifications or formations of the tongue
- False dilemma or bifurcation, in which two alternative statements are held to be the only possible options when there are more options
- Bifurcation of an incompressible flow, modeled by squeeze mapping the fluid flow
- Bifurcated bonding, in which a single hydrogen atom participates in two hydrogen bonds
- Bifurcation in cybernetic systems: when a system switches from one stable state to another, minor fluctuations may play a crucial role in deciding the outcome
- Aortic bifurcation, the point at which the abdominal aorta bifurcates into the left and right common iliac arteries
- Urinary bifurcation refers to the stream of urine, especially when human males urinate.
- Bifurcation of a road, the point at which a roadway bifucates (known commonly as a fork on the road)
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