Hypertext Webster Gateway: "branching"
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) 1.7 (wn)
branching
adj 1: having branches [syn: {branched}, {ramose}, {ramous}, {ramate}]
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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