bifurcation

Questions about bifurcation

What does bifurcation mean?

bifurcation means "a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bifurcation?

bifurcation has 4 syllables: bif-ur-ca-tion. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˌbɪfɚˈkeɪʃən/.

Is bifurcation a common word?

bifurcation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bifurcation?

104 words rhyme with bifurcation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.