Dictionary entry

Divarication

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Di‐var′i‐ca″tion (?), n. [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.