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Bifurcation

A bifurcation (from latin bifurcare) can be

  • river bifurcation - the (infrequently observed) forking of a river into distributaries
  • a period-doubling phenomenon known from chaos theory, see: bifurcation diagram
  • the partial or total splitting of a human penis for pleasurable or decorative reasons.
  • the partial or total splitting of a human tongue for pleasurable or decorative reasons.

See also: fork



07-14-2008 23:18:10
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