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)