Definition of Trifurcates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of trifurcate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trifurcates

1. trifurcate [v] - See also: trifurcate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trifurcates

trifolium
trifoliums
trifoly
triforia
triforium
triform
triformed
triformity
trifunctional
trifunctionality
trifunctionally
trifuran
trifurans
trifurcate
trifurcated
trifurcates (current term)
trifurcating
trifurcation
trifurcations
trig
trig point
trig points
trigamies
trigamist
trigamists
trigamous
trigamy
trigastric
trigeminal
trigeminal caudal nucleus

Literary usage of Trifurcates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. North American Index Fossils by Amadeus William Grabau, Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1910)
"... the middle line of the wing, the upper of the three trifurcates, and later the lower of this new set of three also ..."

2. The Century (1902)
"The Andean Cordilleran trend, which dominates the western coast of South America, after crossing to the north of the equator trifurcates, bends slightly ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"... deep plantar tendon that supplies the hallux leaves the main tendon decidedly above the point where the latter trifurcates to supply the anterior toes. ..."

4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"... on a cylindrical axis of gelatinous or membranous substance, which bifurcates or trifurcates and anastomoses into an irregular unattached reticulation. ..."

5. Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt, Elise C. Otté (1858)
"2° 10', the chain of th« Ante trifurcates, the western Cordillera running between the valley of the Rio Ciuti and the Rio Atrato, the central one between ..."

6. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1907)
"... circular and flattened tubercle, then bifurcates (as represented in figure b) or trifurcates in passing over the venter, and finally coalesces with a ..."

7. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology by Geological Survey of Canada (1898)
"... viz., into an outer and smaller one which bifurcates above and an inner or larger one which trifurcates above, while both widen outward and ultimately ..."

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