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branch [n]

1)	an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"

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arm subdivision

2)	a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

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stalk bark deadwood limb branchlet

3)	a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"

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fork leg ramification

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subfigure forking fork bifurcation brachium

4)	a natural consequence of development

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offset offshoot outgrowth

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consequence

5)	a stream or river connected to a larger one

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stream billabong distributary affluent

6)	any projection that is thought to resemble an arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

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arm limb

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projection

branch [v]

1)	grow and send out branches or branch-like structures; "these plants ramify early and get to be very large"

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ramify

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grow ramification branching

2)	divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The road forks"

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fork furcate ramify separate

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. An edge in a tree.

2. A jump.

(1998-11-14)

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