bifurcation

Meanings

1. A division into two branches.
2. Any place where one thing divides into two.
3. The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
4. Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
5. A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
6. The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
7. The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
8. A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.

Etymology

From bifurcate + -ion.