Definition of branch

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Branch (n.) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola..

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Vimen :: Vimen (n.) A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch..
Scar :: Scar (n.) A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust.. under Axillary..
Interlobular :: Interlobular (a.) Between lobules; as, the interlobular branches of the portal vein..
Sea Moss :: Sea moss () Any branched marine bryozoan resembling moss.
Skate :: Skate (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose..
Pride :: Pride (n.) A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper..
Hydrography :: Hydrography (n.) That branch of surveying which embraces the determination of the contour of the bottom of a harbor or other sheet of water, the depth of soundings, the position of channels and shoals, with the construction of charts exhibiting these particulars..
Catallactics :: Catallactics (n.) The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy..
Plumulose :: Plumulose (a.) Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather..
Reptantia :: Reptantia (n. pl.) A division of gastropods; the Pectinibranchiata.
Branch :: Branch (n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant..
Elasmobranch :: Elasmobranch (a.) Of or pertaining to the Elasmobranchii.
Heteropelmous :: Heteropelmous (a.) Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of the other, to the third and fourth toes. See Illust. in Append..
Branchiostegous :: Branchiostegous (a.) Branchiostegal.
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement..
Diacoustics :: Diacoustics (n.) That branch of natural philosophy which treats of the properties of sound as affected by passing through different mediums; -- called also diaphonics. See the Note under Acoustics.
Branch :: Branch (n.) Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.
Dynamics :: Dynamics (n.) That branch of mechanics which treats of the motion of bodies (kinematics) and the action of forces in producing or changing their motion (kinetics). Dynamics is held by some recent writers to include statics and not kinematics.
Lamellibranchia :: Lamellibranchia (n. pl.) Alt. of Lamellibranchiat.
Ichthyology :: Ichthyology (n.) The natural history of fishes; that branch of zoology which relates to fishes, including their structure, classification, and habits..
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