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