Furcation: alternatives and connections

The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

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A forking, or division into two branches.

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To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

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To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

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A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

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The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

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of Fork

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