Bifurcation or bifurcated may refer to:
Science and technology
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Bifurcation theory, the study of sudden changes in dynamical systems
** Bifurcation, of an incompressible flow, modeled by
squeeze mapping the fluid flow
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River bifurcation
River bifurcation (from la, furca, fork) occurs when a river flowing in a single stream separates into two or more separate streams (called distributaries) which then continue downstream. Some rivers form complex networks of distributaries, ty ...
, the forking of a river into its tributaries
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Bifurcation lake
A bifurcation lake is a lake that has outflows into two different drainage basins and thus the drainage divide cannot be defined exactly because it is situated in the middle of the lake.
Examples
Vesijako (the name ''Vesijako'' actually means "dr ...
, a lake that flows into two different drainage basins
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Bifurcated bonding, a single hydrogen atom participates in two hydrogen bonds
Other uses
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Bifurcation (law), the division of issues in a trial
See also
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Aortic bifurcation, the point at which the abdominal aorta bifurcates into the left and right common iliac arteries
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Tracheal bifurcation, or the carina of trachea (Latin: ''bifurcatio tracheae'')
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Bifurcation diagram
In mathematics, particularly in dynamical systems, a bifurcation diagram shows the values visited or approached asymptotically (fixed points, periodic orbits, or chaotic attractors) of a system as a function of a bifurcation parameter in the sy ...
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Bifurcate merging, a kinship system
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False dilemma or bifurcation
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Tongue bifurcation (disambiguation)
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Fork (disambiguation)
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