present participle of branch

A process of forming a branch.

(organic chemistry) Describing any aliphatic compound that contains a chain of carbon atoms in which at least one carbon atom is connected to three or four others, thus forming a branch.

The branch of government which is concerned with the administration of justice through the interpretation of the law.

The branch of government which is concerned with the making of laws

The branch of government that oversees the carrying out of the laws

plural of branch predictor

(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.