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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
    Bifurcation theory

    Bifurcation theory is the Mathematics study of changes in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family. Examples of such families are the integral curves of a family of vector field or, the solutions of a family of differential equation....
    , the study of bifurcation in dynamical systems
  • River bifurcation
    River bifurcation

    River bifurcation is the separation of a stream into two parts. The creation of distributary are the consequences of bifurcation.One of the most famous bifurcations is the Casiquiare canal that links the Orinoco River with the Amazon River....
    , the forking of a river into its tributaries
  • Tongue bifurcation
    Tongue bifurcation

    Tongue bifurcation, or tongue splitting, is a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip part of the way towards its base, forking the end....
    , a type of body modification, or natural occurrence in some animals
  • False dilemma
    False dilemma

    The informal fallacy of false dilemma involves a situation in which only two alternatives are considered, when in fact there are other options....
     or bifurcation, in which two alternative statements are held to be the only possible options when there are more options
  • Bifurcation in context of clothing
    Clothing

    A feature of all human societies, except perhaps the most primitive, is the wearing of clothing or clothes, especially in public. The primary purpose of clothing is functional, as a protection from the weather....
    : clothing which separately covers each leg (such as trousers
    Trousers

    Trousers are an item of clothing worn on the lower part of the body from the waist to the ankles, covering both legs separately . Such items of clothing are often referred to as pants in countries such as Canada, South Africa and The United States....
    ) is called bifurcated clothing, while clothing which covers them jointly (such as skirt
    Skirt

    A skirt is a tube- or cone-shaped garment that hangs from the waist and covers all or part of the legs.In European culture, skirts are usually considered woman clothing....
    ) is called unbifurcated clothing.
  • Bifurcation of an incompressible flow, modeled by squeeze mapping the fluid flow
    Squeeze mapping

    In linear algebra, a squeeze mapping is a type of linear map that preserves Euclidean area of regions in the Cartesian plane, but is not a Euclidean motion....
  • Bifurcated bonding, in which a single hydrogen atom participates in two hydrogen bonds
    Hydrogen bond

    A hydrogen bond is the attractive force between one electronegative atom and a hydrogen covalently bonded to another electronegative atom. It results from a dipole-dipole force with a hydrogen atom bonded to nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine ....
    .


See also

  • Fork (disambiguation)
    Fork (disambiguation)

    A fork is a utensil for eating and cooking.Fork may also refer to:* Pitchfork, a tined farm implement used to lift hay and perform other tasks...