[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["divided or forked into two separate aspects or branches:In Star Trek, Spock and Kirk together represent a bifurcated hero, with each character representing one aspect of the human condition.The bifurcated fiber optic cable transmits light with half its fibers, while the other half act to detect reflected light.", "Law.(of a trial) occurring in two separate parts, often with determination of guilt in the first part and sentencing or awarding of damages in the second:The same jury will usually hear both phases of a bifurcated trial."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb", "List Items": ["the simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate ."]}]