Bifurcation

[baɪfə'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,baɪfɚ'keʃən]

(noun.) the act of splitting into two branches.

(noun.) the place where something divides into two branches.

(noun.) a bifurcating branch (one or both of them).

Checker: Sabina--From WordNet

(n.) A forking, or division into two branches.

Edited by Arnold