A shoot or secondary stem on the trunk or a limb of a tree.

1. Any one of a number of instruction sequences in a program to which computer control is passed, depending upon the status of one or more variables.

2. See <<jump>>

A portion of a network consisting of one or more two-terminal elements in series. Also known as arm.

In a piping system, a pipe that originates in or discharges into another pipe. Also known as branch line.

A small stream that merges into another, generally bigger, stream.

1. A complex function which is analytic in some domain and which takes on one of the values of a multiple-valued function in that domain.

2. A section of a curve that is separated from other sections of the curve by discontinuities, singular points, or other special points such as maxima and minima.

A product resulting from one mode of decay of a radioactive nuclide that has two or more modes of decay.

See <<side chain>>

An area of study representing an independent offshoot of a related basic discipline.