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EMBRANCHMENT

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em⋅branch⋅ment

  [em-branch-muhnt, -brahnch-]
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–noun
1. a branching or ramification.
2. a branch.
Origin:
1820–30; < F embranchement, equiv. to em- em- 1 + branche branch + -ment -ment
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em·branch·ment   (ěm-brānch'mənt)   
n.  

  1. A branching out, as of a mountain range or river.

  2. A branch or ramification.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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