--- Juri Nummelin <
jurnum@utu.fi> wrote:
> I had to look "bifurcation" from the dictionary,
but
> I have such a poor
> dictionary at the office - it doesn't know the
word?
> Am I doing the
> right thing ?
No dictionary knows the word bifurcation, Juri--don't blame
yours. It's the imaginary noun form of the verb bifurcate,
which means "fork" or "split into to parts." There is no
actual noun form of the verb, but, as I'm sure you know,
native English speakers tend to create new words when the
mood strikes.
G.
===== George C. Upper III, Editor The Lightning Bell Poetry
Journal http://www.lightningbell.org/
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