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noun
1.
a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
2.
a limb, offshoot, or ramification of any main stem: the branches of a deer's antlers.
3.
any member or part of a body or system; a section or subdivision: the various branches of learning.
4.
a local operating division of a business, library, or the like.
5.
EXPAND6.
a tributary stream or any stream that is not a large river or a bayou.
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Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. branch water (def. 2).
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9.
Computers. a point in a computer program where the computer selects one of two or more instructions to execute, according to some criterion.
10.
COLLAPSENautical. a warrant or license permitting a pilot to navigate in certain waters.
verb (used without object)
11.
to put forth branches; spread in branches.
12.
to divide into separate parts or subdivisions; diverge: The main road branches off to the left.
13.
to expand or extend, as business activities: The bank has plans to branch throughout the state.
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Branching
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verb (used with object)
Verb phrase14.
to divide into branches or sections.
15.
to adorn with needlework; decorate with embroidery, as in textile fabrics.
16.
branch out, to expand or extend, as business activities, pursuits, interests, etc.: The business is branching out into computers.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English bra(u)nche < Anglo-French; Old French branche < Late Latin branca paw, of uncertain origin
1250–1300; Middle English bra(u)nche < Anglo-French; Old French branche < Late Latin branca paw, of uncertain origin
Related forms
branch·less, adjective
branch·like, adjective
in·ter·branch, adjective
mul·ti·branched, adjective
out·branch, verb (used with object)
EXPANDun·branched, adjective
un·branch·ing, adjective
un·der·branch, noun
well-branched, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. offshoot, shoot. Branch, bough, limb refer to divisions of a tree. Branch is general, meaning either a large or a small division. Bough refers only to the larger branches: a bough loaded with apples. A limb is a large primary division of a tree trunk or of a bough: to climb out on a limb. 12. ramify, subdivide.
1. offshoot, shoot. Branch, bough, limb refer to divisions of a tree. Branch is general, meaning either a large or a small division. Bough refers only to the larger branches: a bough loaded with apples. A limb is a large primary division of a tree trunk or of a bough: to climb out on a limb. 12. ramify, subdivide.
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Word Origin & History
branch
c.1300, "limb of a tree" (also used of things analogous to it, especially geographic features), from O.Fr. branche "branch, bough, twig; branch of a family" (12c.), from L.L. branca "footprint," later "a claw, paw," of unknown origin, probably from Gaulish. The connecting notion would be the shape.
EXPAND Replaced native bough. Meaning "local office of a business" is first recorded 1817, from earlier sense of "component part of a system" (1690s). The verb meaning "to diverge from a central point" is first attested 1799. Related: Branched; branching.
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Medical Dictionary
branch (brānch)
n.
An offshoot or a division of the main portion of a structure, especially that of a nerve, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel; a ramus.
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branching
radioactive disintegration of a particular species of unstable atomic nucleus or subatomic particle that occurs by two or more different decay processes. Some nuclei of a given radioactive species may, for example, decay by ejecting an electron (negative beta decay) and the rest by ejecting an alpha particle (alpha decay). Thus, 64 percent of any collection of atoms of bismuth-212 decay to polonium-212 by ejecting electrons, while the rest (36 percent) decay to thallium-208 by ejecting alpha particles. The fraction decaying in a particular way is called the branching fraction or branching ratio.
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