Definition of Bifold

1. a. Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc.

Definition of Bifold

1. Adjective. twofold, double ¹

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Definition of Bifold

1. twofold [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bifold

bifilar
bifilarly
biflabellate
biflagellate
biflagellated
biflagellates
biflavonoid
biflex
biflorous
bifocal
bifocal lens
bifocal spectacles
bifocaled
bifocalled
bifocals
bifold (current term)
bifoliate
bifolio
bifoliolate
bifolios
bifonazole
biforate
biforate uterus
biforine
biforines
biforked
biform
biformed
biformities
biformity

Literary usage of Bifold

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Of the bifold ventral division, the anterior bone is a direct continuation of ... and of a bifold ventral division, the parts of which, pubis and ischium, ..."

2. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1876)
"... becomes presently unfortunate, querulous, a " discomfortable cousin," a thorn to himself and to others. The scholar shames us by his bifold lie. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"The most active sciences of the day have bifold names—astro-physics, physical chemistry, geo-physics, physiological chemistry, psycho-physics, ..."

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