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tak — 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.
  • bough noun A tree branch, especially one of the larger branches growing directly from the trunk.
  • branch noun A woody offshoot growing from the trunk or a larger limb of a tree.
  • discipline noun The practice of training yourself or others to follow rules and control behaviour.
  • edge noun The outer boundary or line where something ends.
  • stick noun A thin piece of wood, especially a fallen branch or twig.

Senses

tak is used for these senses in English:

  • bifurcation Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
  • bough A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
  • branch Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
  • discipline A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
  • edge (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
  • stick A small, thin branch from a tree or bush; a twig; a branch.

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.

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