bifurcation

A division into two branches.

桠叉

丫

Any place where one thing divides into two.

分叉

The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.

Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.

丫

A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.

The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.

The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.

A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.