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bifurcated
[ bahy-fer-key-tid, bahy-fur- ]
adjective
- divided or forked into two separate aspects or branches:
In Star Trek, Spock and Kirk together represent a bifurcated hero, with each character representing one aspect of the human condition.
The bifurcated fiber optic cable transmits light with half its fibers, while the other half act to detect reflected light.
- Law. (of a trial) occurring in two separate parts, often with determination of guilt in the first part and sentencing or awarding of damages in the second:
The same jury will usually hear both phases of a bifurcated trial.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate.
Word History and Origins
Origin of bifurcated1
Example Sentences
Contrary to what it might look like, the bi-stable hinge doesn’t split the shoe in half, but rather bifurcates the outsole, according to Sarah Reinertsen, Nike’s lead designer of the GO FlyEase.
To be sure, a zillion Obama critics are dumping on the bifurcated break.
Quindlen said she was avoiding the bifurcated view our culture has of relationships.
The arms were short and thick and ended in bifurcated lumps of flesh like swollen hands encased in old-fashioned mittens.
The hafting area consists of an expanded stem that is shallowly bifurcated.
Except for the bifurcated stem some examples are similar to some of the Jude points recovered in this excavation.
Then, for the first time, the officer recalled that the trail bifurcated like the river itself.
The hafting area consists of a stem that is usually expanded (rarely, straight) and always deeply bifurcated.
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