branching

Other forms: branchings

Definitions of branching
  1. adjective
    having branches
    synonyms: branched, ramate, ramose, ramous
    branchy
    having many branches
  2. adjective
    resembling the branches of a tree
    synonyms:
    divergent, diverging
    tending to move apart in different directions
  3. noun
    the act of branching out or dividing into branches
    synonyms: fork, forking, ramification
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    bifurcation
    the act of splitting into two branches
    trifurcation
    the act of splitting into three branches
    divarication
    branching at a wide angle
    fibrillation
    act or process of forming fibrils
    type of:
    division
    the act or process of dividing
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