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Definition of Furcation
1. Noun. The place where something divides into branches.
Generic synonyms: Angular Shape, Angularity
Specialized synonyms: Bifurcation
Terms within: Branch, Leg, Ramification
Derivative terms: Fork, Furcate
Definition of Furcation
1. n. A branching like a fork.
Definition of Furcation
1. Noun. The act or process of furcating; a forking or branching out. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Furcation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furcation
Literary usage of Furcation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1856)
"Si-furcation (furca, a fork). The division of a vessel, or nerve, into two
branches, as that of a two-pronged fork. 15. ..."
2. Structure and Classification of Zoophytes by James Dwight Dana (1846)
"Branching by furcation. furcation of the summits occurs in species which grow by
means of a parent-cluster of polyps. It generally proceeds from the ..."
3. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1907)
"rather acutely angulated at tip of median vein ; radial furcation slightly nearer
tip than cubital, about two-thirds length of wing from tip in the male. ..."
4. The Basic Outline of Universology: An Introduction to the Newly Discovered by Stephen Pearl Andrews (1872)
"... has been spoken of as tending to Hi-furcation, or a Splitting into Two Branches
or Modes of Manifestation (t. 281), while in another sense ..."
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