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Gabelung — 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.
  • fork noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.

Senses

Gabelung is used for these senses in English:

  • bifurcation (biology) A division into two branches.
  • bifurcation (by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
  • bifurcation The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
  • crotch The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.
  • furcation The act or process of furcating; a forking or branching out.

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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