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aftakking — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bifurcation noun The splitting of something into two branches or parts, or the point at which that split happens.
  • crotch noun The area of the body where the legs meet the torso, around the genitals.
  • distributary noun A stream of water (either natural or artificial) that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel.
  • tap noun A fitting on a pipe or container that controls the flow of a liquid or gas.

Senses

aftakking is used for these senses in English:

  • bifurcation The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
  • crotch The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.
  • distributary (hydrology) A stream of water (either natural or artificial) that branches off and flows away from a main stream channel.
  • tap (Britain, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering) A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it; a tapping.

bifurcation — full definition

  1. noun The splitting of something into two branches or parts, or the point at which that split happens.
  2. noun In law, the division of a trial or dispute into separate stages that are heard one after the other.
  3. noun In mathematics and physics, a sudden qualitative change in the behaviour of a system as one of its parameters passes a critical value.

crotch — full definition

  1. noun The area of the body where the legs meet the torso, around the genitals.
  2. noun The point where something forks or branches into two parts, such as a tree limb or a pair of trousers.

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