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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)
- A divergence of opinion.
- The point at which branching occurs.
- (botany) the growth habit of some low-growing shrubs; with wide angles where they diverge, the branches may interlace
See also
Middle French
Etymology
Unattested Latin *dīvāricātiō, from the verb dīvāricō (“I spread out”), from di- + vāricō (“I spread apart”).
Noun
divarication f (plural divarications)