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trifurcation
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trifurcation /tri·fur·ca·tion/ (tri″fur-ka´shun) division, or the site of separation, into three branches.
tri·fur·ca·tion (trfr-kshn)
n.
A division into three branches.
tri·furcate v.
trifurcation
[-furkā′shən]
Etymology: Gk, treis, three; L, furca, fork
pertaining to a vessel or other structure with three branches.
trifurcation,
n division into three parts or branches, as the three roots of a maxillary first molar.
trifurcation
division or the site of separation into three branches.


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Also, in my opinion, Speckhardt has fallen into the trap of something called "the false dilemma.
Humanists not necessarily liberal by Martin, Abigail Ann / The Humanist
But McWilliams also argues that "either total ownership of language or total ownership by language" is just another false dilemma as "there are tactical triumphs, moments of exhilarating insight, instants where literature proves its power to advance our understanding of ourselves and our society" between the twin forces of linguistic control.
Charles W. Chesnutt and the Fictions of Race by Dowling, Robert M. / MELUS
Failure to appreciate that fact probably accounts for a seriously false dilemma which Sennett himself proposes; either we are not fundamentally mortal contingent beings or we are, if honest, absurdist pseudo-heros.
No requiem for androids: a reply to Sennett and Wildman by Lillegard, Norman / Cross Currents
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