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Webster 1913 Edition


Divarication

Di-varˊi-ca′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
divarication
.]
1.
A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.
2.
An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion.
Sir T. Browne.
3.
(Biol.)
A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles.

Webster 1828 Edition


Divarication

DIVARICATION

,
Noun.
1.
A parting; a forking; a separation into two branches.
2.
A crossing or intersection of fibers at different angles.

Definition 2024


divarication

divarication

English

Noun

divarication (plural divarications)

  1. A divergence of opinion.
  2. The point at which branching occurs.
  3. (botany) the growth habit of some low-growing shrubs; with wide angles where they diverge, the branches may interlace

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Middle French

Etymology

Unattested Latin *dīvāricātiō, from the verb dīvāricō (I spread out), from di- + vāricō (I spread apart).

Noun

divarication f (plural divarications)

  1. spreading out