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branch point [′branch ‚pȯint]

(computer science)

A point in a computer program at which there is a branch instruction.

(electricity)

A terminal in an electrical network that is common to more than two elements or parts of elements of the network. Also known as junction point; node.

(mathematics)

A point at which two or more sheets of a Riemann surface join together.

In bifurcation theory, a value of a parameter in a nonlinear equation at which solutions branch off from the basic solution.

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