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furcate

WordNet
  1. (v) furcate
    divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork "The road forks"
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Furcate
    Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. furcate
    Forked; branching like the prongs of a fork.
  2. furcate
    To branch; fork; divide into branches.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Furcate
    fur′kāt forked: branching like the prongs of a fork—also Fur′cated
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. furca, fork. See Fork

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L., from furca, a fork.

Usage in the news

Further, appreciate that a single WaveOne file is frequently used to prepare multiple canals in a single furcated tooth, performing a significant amount of work. dentistrytoday.com

The latest numbers from the Houston Association of Realtors show just how bi-furcated today's housing market has become. businessweek.com

Usage in scientific papers

Hence, the majority of the fiber run will be made inside a single furcation tube.
Prototype development of the Integral-Field unit for VIRUS

To keep the same number of furcations for all edges at given level, for fixed N , we take one Poisson random variable at each level to determine the number of furcations.
Contributions to Random Energy Models

On the other hand, it is possible to keep the number of furcations depend on the edge.
Contributions to Random Energy Models

In other words, for each edge we can associate a Poisson random variable to determine the number of furcations for this edge.
Contributions to Random Energy Models

In other words: given any tree with 2N leaves the construction allows only for furcations in powers of 2 at each layer.
Contributions to Random Energy Models

Usage in literature

Furcate: forked; divided nto two approximately equal divisions. "Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology" by John. B. Smith

The capillitium is very even the taeniae closely wound, the elater-ends often furcate. "The North American Slime-Moulds" by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride