Definition of Trifurcation

1. Noun. The act of splitting into three branches.

Generic synonyms: Branching, Fork, Forking, Ramification
Derivative terms: Trifurcate

Definition of Trifurcation

1. Noun. A division into three branches. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trifurcation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Trifurcation

1. 1. A division into three branches. 2. The area where the tooth roots divide into three distinct portions. Origin: tri-+ L. Furca, fork. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trifurcation

trifoly
triforia
triforium
triform
triformed
triformity
trifunctional
trifunctionality
trifunctionally
trifuran
trifurans
trifurcate
trifurcated
trifurcates
trifurcating
trifurcation (current term)
trifurcations
trig
trig point
trig points
trigamies
trigamist
trigamists
trigamous
trigamy
trigastric
trigeminal
trigeminal caudal nucleus
trigeminal cave
trigeminal cavity

Literary usage of Trifurcation

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

1. Dynamics & Stochastics: Festschrift in Honour of M.S. Keane by M. S. Keane, Dee Denteneer, F. den Hollander, Evgeny Verbitskiy (2006)
"We write Tx for the event that x is a trifurcation. By translation-invariance, the probability of Tx does not depend on the choice of x, and thus we set r ..."

2. Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government by Johannes Justus Rein (1884)
"... which is principally distinguished by a peculiar trifurcation of the long anal fins, viz., that besides the perpendicular steering-fin there are two ..."

3. Annales des sciences naturelles by Adolphe Brongniart, Antoine Guillemin, Joseph Decaisne, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Julien Costantin, Pierre Allorge, Louis Blaringhem (1848)
"Les plus gros se subdivisent, bientôt en 3 par la formation de 2 rayons médullaires dans leur intérieur; les plu> petits éprouvent la même trifurcation , et ..."

4. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"... phrase we have not used—black, yellow, and white; and it was commonly thought that these represented a very ancient trifurcation of the human species. ..."

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