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(tree) The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. +

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

(creek) (Southern US) A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

A location of an organization with several locations.

(family descent) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.

(area) An area in business or of knowledge, research.

(nautical) A certificate given by {{w|Trinity House}} to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

(computing) A sequence of (code) that is conditionally (executed).

(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.

(rail transport) A branch line.

(graph theory) A path of vertices of degree 2, ending at vertices whose degree is not 2.

To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

To produce branches.

To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

(computing) To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

To strip of branches.

(colloquial) To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.