branching
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
branch/brɑːntʃ/
▶noun
- 1 a part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or a bough.
- 2 a part of a river, road, or railway that extends from the main part.
- 3 a division of a large organization.
■ a subdivision of a subject, group of languages, etc.
- 1 (of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions.
- 2 (of a tree or plant) bear or send out branches.
- 3 (branch out) extend one's activities or interests in a new direction.
– derivatives
branchlet noun,
branch-like adjective,
branchy adjective.
branchlet noun,
branch-like adjective,
branchy adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. branche, from late L. branca ‘paw’.
'branching' also found in these Oxford entries:
arborization
- bronchial tree
- capillary
- carrageen
- clado-
- cladogram
- coralline
- crown
- crow's foot
- dendrimer
- dendrite
- dichotomy
- dulse
- forked lightning
- genealogical tree
- grey matter
- Iceland moss
- Jesse tree
- Joshua tree
- manifold
- panicle
- pedigree
- red coral
- reindeer
- sea gooseberry
- spire
- tracery
- tree
- vein
- Y-fronts
