(topology, complex analysis) A curve in the complex plane such that it is possible to define a single analytic branch of a multi-valued function on the plane minus that curve.

(computing) A digital circuit that tries to predict which way a branch structure will go, so as to improve the flow in the instruction pipeline.

A business office that is geographically separate from the headquarters of the business.

plural of branch office

(Australian politics) The recruitment of members for a branch of a political party in order to influence the outcome of internal preselections of candidates for public office.

plural of branch register

(idiomatic, intransitive, of a path or route) To diverge into two or more separate paths. / To separate from a main path or route. / (of a conversation) To divert from the main topic of conversation.

One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Coldwater.

the name of a number of river tributaries. / A city in Cedar County and Johnson County, Iowa, United States. / A city, the county seat of Ogemaw County, Michigan, United States.

plural of branch cut