trifurcate

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adjective

Forked, with three tines or points.

OriginLatin trifurcus →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivetrifurcate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableForked, with three tines or points.
verbtrifurcate (third-person singular simple present trifurcates, present participle trifurcating, simple past and past participle trifurcated)

present singular third person trifurcates · participle present trifurcating · participle past trifurcated · past trifurcated

  1. To divide or fork into three channels or branches.

    2. Branches of the insular part; the MCA may usually bifurcate (78%), trifurcate (Russo, 2011) or quadfurcate (10%) here.

    2022 August 11, Seyho Cem YUCETAS, “THE ANTERIOR ARTERIAL CIRCULATION OF THE BRAIN”, in HEALTH & SCIENCE 2022-II, volume II, Efe Akademi Yayınları, →ISBN, page 12

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
three-forkedtrifurcal

Origin

  1. Latintrifurcus
  2. Englishtrifurcate

From Latin trifurcus, from tri- (“three”) + furca (“fork”).

More words from Latin

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Translations

Spanish trifurcado, trifurcar
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APA

trifurcate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trifurcate

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Chicago

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