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.
© Webster 1913.