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quadfurcation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri-clip. English quad- English furcation English quadfurcation From quad- + furcation.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A forking or division into four branches.
   • As a consequence, points are classified as loose, end- or midpoints, or as bi-, tri- or quadfurcations, depending on the number of direct neighbor points. 2008, Jos van der Sloten et al., editors, 4th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, volume 2, Springer, →ISBN, page 769:
   • The path length in comparison to the vector length defines a length-tortuosity parameter. Trifurcations and quadfurcations can be expressed as segments without length. 1988, Raymond J. Lasek and Mark M. Black (editors), Intrinsic Determinants of Neuronal Form and Function, Liss, illustrated, page 86
   • Is it possible that architecture can mutate into equal parts GPS, abstract machine, event horizon, and vague placeform, a kind of quadfurcation of the purpose of building? 1999, Neil M. Denari, Gyroscopic Horizons, Princeton Architectural Press, illustrated, page 12

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Relateds

bifurcation · quadfurcated · trifurcation