verb
- dividing into two branches or forks
Usage: present participle of furcate; technical
Examples
- The river is furcating into two separate channels downstream.
- We observed the lightning furcating across the dark sky.
- The tree’s trunk was furcating near its base.
- The path kept furcating, making navigation difficult.
- Scientists studied the furcating pattern of the coral’s growth.
- The blood vessel was furcating into smaller capillaries.