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Definition of Trifurcating
1. trifurcate [v] - See also: trifurcate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trifurcating
Literary usage of Trifurcating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Power House Design by John Francis Cleverton Snell (1911)
"... the maximum load being 30000 KW A 3-core cable is brought from each generator
to a trifurcating box, shown at the bottom of the diagram where all three ..."
2. Electrical Traction by Ernest Wilson, Francis Lydall (1907)
"Such a trifurcating box as manufactured by Messrs Callender Co. is illustrated in
... trifurcating box for three-phase high tension cables. (Callender Co. ..."
3. North American Index Fossils by Amadeus William Grabau, Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1910)
"Higher than wide; sides flattened; costa? bifurcating and occasionally trifurcating,
when the branches on opposite sides do not regularly correspond. ..."
4. Annual Report by Geological Survey of Canada (1906)
"Venter and umbilicus both apparently narrow ; radiating ribs low, broad and
bifurcating or trifurcating. Peel river No. 16. A small and very badly preserved ..."
5. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles Darwin (1854)
"... repeatedly trifurcating, rarely forming hexagonal or quadrangular loops, and
with the branches placed approximately parallel to each other. ..."
6. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1921)
"1665, vertically compressed with strong bifurcating or trifurcating ribs which
cross the venter and are often spinose), ..."
7. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands by New York Academy of Sciences (1920)
"Apex sub-central; coarse radial ribs, somewhat irregular, bifurcating and
trifurcating. Diameter 14 mm., height of apex 6 mm. Locality.—204. Horizon. ..."
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