trifurcates
Branches into three
Trifurcates means divides or splits into three branches or parts.
A road trifurcates when it forks into three directions; a river trifurcates at a delta.
The term appears mainly in technical or formal contexts: The artery trifurcates near the elbow.
The root is the same as in fork—Latin furca.
Vehicle travel surface
- pathRoute for traveling
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- junctionPoint where things meet
- forkTined eating tool
diverge · split · corridor · pipeline · channel · conduit · tunnel · railway
road
Vehicle travel surface
- pathRoute for traveling
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- junctionPoint where things meet
fork · diverge · split · corridor · pipeline · channel · conduit · tunnel · railway · delta
nerve
Signal-carrying body fiber
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
- veinVessel toward heart
- trigeminalThree-branched facial nerve
branching · vessel · neural · vascular · root · trunk · division · pathway · hepatic · celiac
root
Underground absorbing structure
leaf · tendril · rhizome · runner · stolon · frond · petiole · rachis · midrib · taproot
trifurcatesconverges
Moves toward meeting
merges · unifies · consolidates · joins · combines
trifurcatesbifurcates
Divides into two branches
bisects · halves · dichotomizes · forks