branch: significato e definizioni

A secondary woody stem or limb growing from the trunk or main stem of a tree or shrub or from another secondary limb.

A lateral division or subdivision of certain other plant parts, such as a root or flower cluster.

Something that resembles a branch of a tree, as in form or function, as:

A secondary outgrowth or subdivision of a main axis, such as the tine of a deer's antlers.

Anatomy An offshoot or a division of the main portion of a structure, especially that of a nerve, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel; a ramus.

A limited part of a larger or more complex unit or system, especially:

An area of specialized skill or knowledge, especially academic or vocational, that is related to but separate from other areas: the judicial branch of government; the branch of medicine called neurology.

A division of a business or other organization.

A division of a family, categorized by descent from a particular ancestor.

Linguistics A subdivision of a family of languages, such as the Germanic branch of Indo-European.

A tributary of a river.

Chiefly Southern U.S. See creek. See Regional Note at run.

A divergent section of a river, especially near the mouth.

Mathematics A part of a curve that is separated, as by discontinuities or extreme points.

Computer Science A sequence of program instructions to which the normal sequence of instructions relinquishes control, depending on the value of certain variables.

Computer Science The instructions executed as the result of such a passing of control.

To put forth a branch or branches; spread by dividing.

To come forth as a branch or subdivision; develop or diverge from: an unpaved road that branches from the main road; a theory that branches from an older system of ideas.

To enlarge the scope of one's interests, business, or activities: branch out from physics into related fields.

Computer Science To relinquish control to another set of instructions or another routine as a result of the presence of a branch.

To separate (something) into or as if into branches.

To embroider (something) with a design of foliage or flowers.