Definition of Divarication

1. Noun. Branching at a wide angle.

Generic synonyms: Branching, Fork, Forking, Ramification

Definition of Divarication

1. n. A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

Definition of Divarication

1. Noun. A divergence of opinion. ¹

2. Noun. The point at which branching occurs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Divarication

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Divarication

1. 1. A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence. 2. An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion. 3. A divergence of lines of colour sculpture, or of fibres at different angles. Origin: Cf. F. Divarication. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Divarication

divalent
divalently
divalents
divalike
divalproex sodium
divan
divan bed
divanadium
divans
divaplon
divaricate
divaricated
divaricately
divaricates
divaricating
divarication (current term)
divarications
divaricator
divas
divast
dive
dive-bomb
dive-bombing
dive bomber
dive bombers
dive brake
dive in
diveable
divebomb
divebombed

Literary usage of Divarication

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. divarication (literary), crotch (a homely word, now chiefly US and dial. Eng.; chiefly tech. or spec.), crutch (rare); spec, tormentor. 2. ..."

2. The National Review edited by Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot (1860)
"This divarication of the phenomenon into two opposite directions is inherent in the cognitive act itself, and goes wherever it goes, constant as focus to ..."

3. Ancient India as Described by Ptolemy: Being a Translation of the Chapters by John Watson McCrindle (1885)
"124° 3W 31° 2tf divarication of the Indus into the ... to the Sapara 112° 30' 21° 45' divarication of the same River ..."

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