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Answer for the clue "A division into two or more branches ", 9 letters:
furcation

Word definitions for furcation in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the place where something divides into branches [syn: forking ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act or process of furcate; a forking or branch out.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Furcation \Fur*ca"tion\, n. A branching like a fork.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, noun of action or state from stem of Medieval Latin furcatus (see furcate (adj.)).