Branching may refer to:
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Branching (linguistics)
In linguistics, branching refers to the shape of the parse trees that represent the structure of sentences. Assuming that the language is being written or transcribed from left to right, parse trees that grow down and to the right are ''right-bra ...
, the general tendency towards a given order of words within sentences and smaller grammatical units within sentences
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Branching (polymer chemistry)
In polymer chemistry, branching is the regular or irregular attachment of side chains to a polymer's backbone chain. It occurs by the replacement of a substituent (e.g. a hydrogen atom) on a monomer subunit by another covalently-bonded chai ...
, the attachment of side chains to a polymer's backbone chain
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Branching (revision control)
Branching, in version control and software configuration management, is the duplication of an object under version control (such as a source code file or a directory tree). Each object can thereafter be modified separately and in parallel so that ...
, a way of duplicating an object under revision control
See also
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Branching process
In probability theory, a branching process is a type of mathematical object known as a stochastic process, which consists of collections of random variables indexed by some set, usually natural or non-negative real numbers. The original purpose of ...
, a kind of stochastic process
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Branch (disambiguation)
A branch is a part of a woody plant.
Branch or branches may also refer to:
Places Australia
* The Branch River, New South Wales
Canada
* Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador, a town
France
* Branches, Yonne, a commune
New Zealand
* Branch Riv ...
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