bifurcate

• يصف شيئًا منقسمًا إلى فرعين أو شعبتين، أو ما يتشعب على شكل حرف V. ويُستعمل في التشريح وعلم النبات وغيرهما للدلالة على الانشقاق إلى شقين.

Describes something that is divided into two branches or forks.

1. Divided into two branchesC1formal

   Describes something that splits or divides into two separate parts or branches.

   متشعّب إلى فرعين

   • The river takes a bifurcate path near the delta.
   • The tree has a bifurcate trunk, splitting into two main limbs.
   • The road becomes bifurcate after the bridge, offering two routes.

   المرادفاتbrancheddichotomousdividedforkedsplittwo-prongedy-shaped

   الأضدادcoalescentconvergentjoinedunited

2. Forked or Y-shapedC1formal

   Resembling a fork; having a shape that divides into two distinct prongs or branches.

   متشعب أو على شكل حرف Y

   • The insect has bifurcate antennae.
   • The diagram shows a bifurcate structure at the end of the nerve.
   • The fossil shows a bifurcate tail fin.

   المرادفاتbrancheddividedforkedprongedy-shaped

   الأضدادsingleunbranchedundivided

• فعل يعني تقسيم الشيء أو تشعبه إلى فرعين أو جزأين، أو انقسامه إلى شعبتين متباعدتين.

A verb meaning to divide or split into two branches or parts.

1. Split into two partsC1formal

   To divide or separate something into two distinct parts or branches.

   التفرع إلى قسمين

   • The river bifurcates into two streams near the valley.
   • The company decided to bifurcate its operations into two separate divisions.
   • The road bifurcates ahead, leading to different towns.

   المرادفاتbranchdivergedivideforksplit

   الأضدادconvergemergeunite

2. Divide into two branchesC1formal

   To split or separate into two branches, often used for roads, rivers, or organizational structures.

   ينقسم إلى فرعين

   • The tree trunk bifurcates into two main branches.
   • The political party bifurcated into two factions after the disagreement.
   • The algorithm bifurcates the data set into two categories.

   المرادفاتbranchdivergedivideforkpartseparatesplit

   الأضدادconvergejoinmergeunite

3. Resembling a forkC2formal

   Describing something that is divided or separated into two branches, like a fork.

   متفرع كالشوكة

   • The bifurcate structure of the lightning bolt was captured in the photograph.
   • The artist created a bifurcate pattern in the sculpture.
   • The bifurcate shape of the coral reef was visible from above.

   المرادفاتbranchdivergedivideforksplit

   الأضدادmergeunite