The place where something divides into branches.

synonym: furcation.

Polish: rozgałęzienie, rozwidlenie

The act of branching out or dividing into branches.

synonyms: branching, fork, ramification.

Roget 91: bisection, bipartition; dichotomy, subdichotomy^†; halving etc. v.; dimidiation^†.    bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication; fork, prong; fold.    half, moiety.    ... show more

Roget 291: divergence, divergency^†; divarication, ramification, forking; radiation; separation etc. (disjunction) 44; dispersion etc. 73; deviation etc. 279; aberration.    ... show more

Dutch: splitsing, vertakking