What is the meaning of Bifurcation?

A division into two branches.

Any place where one thing divides into two.

The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.

Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.

A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.

The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.

The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.

A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.

a bifurcation, where two roads etc. part or meet

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