trifurcate
v.
divide into three branches
adj.
divided into three branches or forks
trifurcate
Verb
1. divide into three; "The road trifurcates at the bridge"
(hypernym) branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate
(derivation) trifurcation
trifurcar
v.
trifurcate, divide into three branches
Trifurcate
(a.)
Alt. of Trifurcated
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
trifurcate
Synonyms and related words:
V-shaped, Y-shaped, arboreal, arborescent, arboriform, biforked, bifurcate, bifurcated, branched, branching, branchlike, crotched, deltoid, dendriform, dendritic, forked, forking, forklike, furcate, pronged, ramous, three-cornered, three-dimensional, three-footed, three-pronged, three-sided, tree-shaped, treelike, triangular, triangulate, triarch, trichotomous, tricorn, tricornered, tricuspid, trident, tridental, tridentlike, trifid, triflorate, triflorous, trifurcated, trigonal, trigonoid, trigrammatic, trihedral, trilateral, trimerous, triparted, tripartite, tripodic, triquetral, triquetrous, trisected
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