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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Branching \Branch"ing\, n. The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch. The sciences, with their numerous branchings. --L. Watts. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Branch \Branch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Branched}; p. pr & vb n. {Branching}.] 1. To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify. 2. To divide into separate parts or subdivision. {To branch off}, to form a branch or a separate part to diverge. {To branch out}, to speak diffusively; to extend one's discourse to other topics than the main one also to enlarge the scope of one's business, etc To branch out into a long disputation. --Spectator. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Branching \Branch"ing\, a. Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches. Shaded with branching palm. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: branching adj 1: having branches [syn: {branched}] 2: resembling the branches of a tree n : the act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn: {ramification}, {fork}, {forking}]
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