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adj. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"

bifurcated

adj. divided into or made up of two parts; "socially bifurcated populations"

bilocular, biloculate

adj. divided into or containing two cells or chambers; "having a bilocular capsule"

bipartite, parted, dissected

adj. used esp. of leaves

chambered

adj. having compartmental chambers; "a spiral chambered seashell"

cloven, bisulcate

adj. (used of hooves) split, divided; "bisulcate hoof"

compartmental, compartmentalized, compartmentalised

adj. divided up into compartments or categories; "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized"

dichotomous

adj. divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications

disjointed

adj. taken apart at the joints; "a disjointed fowl"

disjunct

adj. having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects

disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split

adj. having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"

episodic

adj. of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes; "the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together"

segmental

adj. divided or organized into speech segments or isolable speech sounds

mullioned

adj. of windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone; "mullioned windows"

partitioned, partitioned off

adj. divided by partitions

pronged, tined

adj. having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a three-tined fork"

sectional, sectioned

adj. consisting of or divided into sections; "a sectional sofa"; "sectioned plates"

separate, separated

adj. not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated"

split, in disagreement

adj. "opinions are divided"

subdivided

adj. divided again after a first division, e.g. of a tract of land, divided into lots

torn

adj. disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

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