Home › Words › T › trifurcatetrifurcatetrifurcate means forked, with three tines or points.EtymologyFrom Latin trifurcus, from tri- (“three”) + furca (“fork”).adjForked, with three tines or points.verbTo divide or fork into three channels or branches.e.g.“2. Branches of the insular part; the MCA may usually bifurcate (78%), trifurcate (Russo, 2011) or quadfurcate (10%) here.” — 2022 August 11, Seyho Cem YUCETAS, “THE ANTERIOR ARTERIAL CIRCULATION OF THE BRAIN”, in HEALTH & SCIENCE 2022-II, volume II, Efe Akademi Yayınları, →ISBN, page 12:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.trifurcation 81% match — A division into three branches. vs trifurcate →quadrifurcated 79% match — Having four forks or branches; quadrifurcate. vs trifurcate →quadrifurcate 76% match — Branching fourfold; having four branches. vs trifurcate →trichotomous 75% match — Divided into three parts, or into threes; forking three ways. vs trifurcate →furcated 73% match — forked or branched vs trifurcate →furcular 73% match — Shaped like a fork; furcate vs trifurcate →biforked 72% match — forked into two; bifurcate vs trifurcate →furcate 72% match — Forked, branched; divided at one end into parts. vs trifurcate →