Bifurcation
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Bifurcation means the splitting of a main body into two parts.
Bifurcation or Bifurcated may refer to:
Bifurcation or Bifurcated may refer to:
- Bifurcation (law), the division of issues in a trial for example the division of a page into two parts.
- Bifurcation theoryBifurcation theoryBifurcation theory is the mathematical study of changes in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family, such as the integral curves of a family of vector fields, and the solutions of a family of differential equations...
, the study of bifurcation in dynamical systems - River bifurcationRiver bifurcationRiver bifurcation occurs when a river flowing in a single stream separates into two or more separate streams which continue downstream. Some rivers form complex networks of distributaries, especially in their deltas...
, the forking of a river into its tributaries - Tongue bifurcation (disambiguation), different modifications or formations of the tongue
- False dilemmaFalse dilemmaA false dilemma is a type of logical fallacy that involves a situation in which only two alternatives are considered, when in fact there are additional options...
or bifurcation, in which two alternative statements are held to be the only possible options when there are more options - Bifurcation of an incompressible flow, modeled by squeeze mapping the fluid flow
- Bifurcated bonding, in which a single hydrogen atom participates in two hydrogen bonds
- Bifurcation in cybernetic systemsCyberneticsCybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory, at least in its first-order form...
: when a system switches from one stable state to another, minor fluctuations may play a crucial role in deciding the outcome - Aortic bifurcationAortic bifurcationThe aortic bifurcation is the point at which the abdominal aorta bifurcates into the left and right common iliac arteries. The aortic bifurcation occurs at the level of the fourth lumbar vertebrae....
, the point at which the abdominal aorta bifurcates into the left and right common iliac arteries - Urinary bifurcation refers to the stream of urine, especially when human males urinate.
- Bifurcation of a road, the point at which a roadway bifucates (known commonly as a fork on the road)