Bifurcation

Bifurcation or bifurcated may refer to:

Science and technology

• Bifurcation theory, the study of sudden changes in dynamical systems
• Bifurcation, of an incompressible flow, modeled by squeeze mapping the fluid flow
• River bifurcation, the forking of a river into its distributaries
• Bifurcation lake, a lake that flows into two different drainage basins
• Bifurcated bonding: a single hydrogen atom participates in two hydrogen bonds
• Bifurcated stick grip, a type of aircraft control column

Other uses

• Bifurcation (law), the division of issues in a trial

See also

• Aortic bifurcation, the point at which the abdominal aorta bifurcates into the left and right common iliac arteries
• Tracheal bifurcation, or the carina of trachea (Latin: bifurcatio tracheae)
• Bifurcation diagram
• Bifurcate merging, a kinship system
• False dilemma or bifurcation
• Tongue bifurcation (disambiguation)
• Fork (disambiguation)