n. 分歧

a. 发枝的, 分歧的

[化] 支化; 分支; 分路; 分接; 出纹; 起梗(表面缺陷)

[医] 分支, 分支分布

[经] 扩大(事业等)规模, 开办分支机构

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.


Branching \Branch"ing\, a.
Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in
a branch or branches.

Shaded with branching palm. --Milton.


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.
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