branch

Definitions

• The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
• Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
• (chiefly) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.
• (geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
• A location of an organization with several locations.
• A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
• (Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see (LDS Church)|Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
• An area in business or of knowledge, research.
• (nautical) A certificate given by to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
• (computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
• (computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
• (rail transport) A branch line.