- trifurcate
- adjective Etymology: Latin trifurcus, from tri- + furca fork Date: circa 1831 having three branches or forks ; trichotomous • trifurcate intransitive verb • trifurcation noun
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Trifurcate — Tri*fur cate, Trifurcated Tri*fur ca*ted, a. [L. trifurcus; tri (see {Tri }) + furca fork.] Having three branches or forks; trichotomous. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trifurcate — [trī′fər kāt΄, trī′fərkit; trī fʉr′kāt΄, trī fʉr′kit] adj. [< L trifurcus < tri ,TRI + furca, a fork + ATE1] having three forks or branches: also trifurcated trifurcation n … English World dictionary
trifurcate — dividing into three … Dictionary of ichthyology
trifurcate — adj. [L. tres, three; furca, fork] Having three branches or forks; trichotomous … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
trifurcate — trifurcation, n. /truy ferr kayt, truy feuhr kayt /; adj. also /truy ferr kit, truy feuhr /, v., trifurcated, trifurcating, adj. v.i. 1. to divide into three forks or branches. adj. 2. Also, trifurcated. divided into three forks or branches.… … Universalium
trifurcate — 1. adjective Forked, with three tines or points. 2. verb To divide or fork into three channels or branches. See Also: bifurcate … Wiktionary
trifurcate — Synonyms and related words: V shaped, Y shaped, arboreal, arborescent, arboriform, biforked, bifurcate, bifurcated, branched, branching, branchlike, crotched, deltoid, dendriform, dendritic, forked, forking, forklike, furcate, pronged, ramous,… … Moby Thesaurus
trifurcate — adj. divided into three branches or forks v. divide into three branches … English contemporary dictionary
trifurcate — verb trʌɪfəkeɪt divide into three branches or forks. adjective fə:kət divided in this way. Derivatives trifurcation noun Origin C19: from L. trifurcus three forked (from tri three + furca fork ) + ate2 … English new terms dictionary
trifurcate — a.; (also trifurcated) Three pronged … New dictionary of synonyms
