NOUN | shape | forking, furcation | the place where something divides into branches |
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act | forking, branching, ramification, fork | the act of branching out or dividing into branches |
Sounds | fao'rkihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | The place where something divides into branches. | |
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Synonym | furcation | |
Parts | branch, leg, ramification | A part of a forked or branching shape |
Narrower | bifurcation | The place where something divides into two branches |
Broader | angular shape, angularity | A shape having one or more sharp angles |
Spanish | bifurcación | |
Catalan | bifurcació, furcació | |
Verbs | fork | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork |
Meaning | The act of branching out or dividing into branches. | |
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Synonyms | branching, ramification, fork | |
Narrower | bifurcation | The act of splitting into two branches |
divarication | Branching at a wide angle | |
fibrillation | Act or process of forming fibrils | |
trifurcation | The act of splitting into three branches | |
Broader | division | The act or process of dividing |
Spanish | ramificación | |
Catalan | ramificació | |
Verbs | fork | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork |
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