Definitions
1.nounA division into two branches.
2.noun(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
3.nounThe act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
4.nounEither of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
5.nounA place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
6.nounThe point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
7.nounThe change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
8.nounA command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.