*bifi*

a. [ L. bifidus; bis twice + root of findere to cleave or split: cf. F. bifide. ] Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bifidatus. ] See Bifid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + filar. ] Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bifilar micrometer (often called
a bifilar), an instrument form measuring minute distances or angles by means of two very minute threads (usually spider lines), one of which, at least, is movable; -- more commonly called a filar micrometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A forming into two syllables. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. morbus disease + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. morbifique. See -fy. ] Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. plebs the common people + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy. ] A rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You begin with the attempt to popularize learning . . . but you will end in the plebification of knowledge. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ruber red + facere to make. ] Making red; as, rubific rays. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. rubification. ] The act of making red. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ (Med.) [ L., cleft spine. ] A congenital malformation in which the spinal column is cleft at its lower portion, and the membranes of the spinal cord project as an elastic swelling from the gap thus formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Syllabify. ] Same as Syllabication. Rush. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syllabification depends not on mere force, but on discontinuity of force. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]