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Bifurcation refers to the main body of one item splitting into two parts. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

Bifurcation may also refer to:

• Bifurcation (law), the division of issues in a trial
• Bifurcation (accounting),to divide into separate parts or accounts
• Bifurcation theory, the study of bifurcation in dynamical systems
• River bifurcation, the forking of a river into distributaries
• Tongue bifurcation, a type of body modification
• A bifurcation is a logical fallacy of false dilemma.
• Bifurcation in clothing: trousers and pants are bifurcated clothing while skirt and dress are unbifurcated clothing.
• Flow separation, for example modeled by squeeze mapping.

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In mathematics, specifically in the study of dynamical systems, a bifurcation occurs when a small smooth change made to the parameter values (the bifurcation parameters) of a system causes a sudden qualitative or topological change in the systems long-term dynamical behaviour. ... River bifurcation is the separation of a stream into two parts. ... Tongue bifurcation, or tongue splitting, is a type of body modification in which the tongue is cut centrally from its tip part of the way towards its base, forking the end. ... The form of the fallacy of false dichotomy as an argument map with the conclusion at the top of the tree. ... Clothing protects the vulnerable nude human body from the extremes of weather, other features of our environment, and for safety reasons. ... Germanic trousers of the 4th century found in the Thorsberg moor, Germany Early use of trousers in France: a sans-culotte by Louis-Léopold Boilly. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres depicts the Comtesse dHaussonville, wearing a dress. ... Airflow separating from a wing which is at a high angle of attack All solid objects travelling through a fluid (or alternatively a stationary object exposed to a moving fluid) acquire a boundary layer of fluid around them where friction between the fluid molecules and the objects rough surface... In mathematics, a squeeze mapping in linear algebra is a type of linear transformation that preserves Euclidean area of regions in the cartesian plane, but is not a Euclidean motion. ...

See also

• Fork (disambiguation)

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