branch A branch, also called a ramus in botany, is a stem that grows off from another stem, or when structures like veins in leaves are divided into smaller veins. History and etymology In Old English, there are numerous words for branch, includ ...

is a part of a woody plant. Branch or branches may also refer to:

Places

Australia

The Branch River The Branch River, a watercourse of the Mid-Coast Council system, is located in the Mid North Coast and Upper Hunter regions of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features The Branch River rises on south west of the settlement of Crawford Ri ...

, New South Wales

Canada

Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador The Town of Branch is an incorporated community of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and had a population of 223 (as of the 2021 census). Geography It is located on St. Mary's Bay and can be accessed via Route 100 or Route 92. Nearby commun ...

, a town

France

Branches, Yonne Branches () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne department of France France, o ...

, a commune

New Zealand

Branch River (Taylor River tributary) The Branch River is a river of New Zealand. It is a short tributary of the Taylor River, flowing north for to meet the Taylor south of the town of Blenheim. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all waterways named as ...

Branch River (Wairau River tributary) The Branch River is a river in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand's South Island. It is a tributary of the Wairau River, flowing north for to meet the Wairau west of the town of Blenheim. Just before flowing into the Wairau, the Branch Riv ...

United States

Branch, Arkansas Branch is a city in Franklin County, Arkansas, Franklin County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma Fort Smith metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 367 at the 2010 United States ...

, a city *

Branch, Louisiana Branch is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Acadia Parish, Louisiana Acadia Parish () is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 57,576. The parish seat and the mo ...

, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Branch, Michigan, an unincorporated community *

Branch, Missouri Branch is an unincorporated community in southwestern Camden County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 73 one mile south of U.S. Route 54 U.S. Route 54 (US 54) is an east–west United States Highway that runs northeast–sou ...

, an unincorporated community *

Branch, Texas Branch is an unincorporated community in Collin County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 447 in 2000. It is located within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. History The ...

, an unincorporated community *

Branch, Wisconsin Branch is an unincorporated community located in the Town of Manitowoc Rapids, in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. Branch is located on U.S. Route 10 U.S. Route 10 or U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) is an east–west Unite ...

, an unincorporated community * Branch, Branch County, Michigan, a former village and first seat of the county *

Branch County, Michigan Branch County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 44,862. The county seat is Coldwater. One of the " cabinet counties", it was named for John Branch, U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Presiden ...

* Branch Township (disambiguation) *

Fort Branch Fort Branch was a fort built by the Confederate Army especially to defend against attacks from the Union Army along the Roanoke River in North Carolina. The fort was originally built in 1862 along Rainbow Banks in Martin County, southeast of Ha ...

, North Carolina, a Confederate fort in the American Civil War *

Branch River (New Hampshire) The Branch River is an long river located in eastern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Salmon Falls River, part of the Piscataqua River watershed leading to the Atlantic Ocean. The river begins at the outlet of Lovel ...

The Branch The Branch is a river located entirely in the city of Keene, New Hampshire, Keene, in southwestern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Ashuelot River, itself a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Isla ...

, also known as Branch River, New Hampshire *

Branch River (Rhode Island) The Branch River is a river in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It flows for approximately 16 km (10 mi). There are six dams along the river's length, including those forming the Slatersville Reservoir. The river provided energy for man ...

Branch River (Wisconsin) The Branch River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed December 19, 2011 river in eastern Wisconsin in the United States. It is a tributary of the Manitowoc River, which ...

People

Branch (surname) Branch is a surname that may refer to: * Brian Branch (born 2001), American football player * Bruce Branch (born 1978), American football player * Christopher Branch (circa 1600–1682), early American colonist *Cliff Branch (1948–2019), American ...

, a list of people with the name *

Branch (given name) Branch is a masculine given name borne by: * Branch Rickey (1881–1965), American baseball executive * Branch Rickey Jr. (1914–1961), American baseball executive * Branch Rickey III (born 1945), American baseball executive * Branch Russell ...

, a list of people with the name *

Branch McCracken Emmett B. "Branch" McCracken (June 9, 1908 – June 4, 1970) was an American basketball player and coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Ball State University from 1930 to 1938 and at Indiana University Bloomington from 1938 to 1943 ...

(1908–1970), American college basketball player and coach nicknamed "Branch"

Arts and entertainment

* Branch Connally, a main character in the ''Longmire'' television series * Branch, a troll in the 2016 film ''

Trolls A troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human be ...

'' *

Arthur Branch Arthur Branch is a fictional character on the TV crime drama ''Law & Order'' and one of its spinoffs, '' Law & Order: Trial by Jury''. Branch has also appeared on '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', and '' ...

, a fictional district attorney in the ''Law & Order'' franchise * ''Branches'' (novel), a 2000 novel-in-verse by American author Mitch Cullin * ''

The Branches ''The Branches EP'' is the fourth and digital-only EP released by The Dear Hunter. It was an exclusive release for the limited edition "Lifetime Fan Club Package" granted to 250 people. An official or physical release is unknown at this time, b ...

'', a 2010 EP by The Dear Hunter

Companies and organizations

Branch office A branch office is an outlet of a company or, more generally, an organization that – unlike a subsidiary – does not constitute a separate legal entity, while being physically separated from the organization's main office. Branching is particu ...

, business organization that, unlike a subsidiary, does not constitute a separate legal entity even if physically separated from the organization's main office *

Branch (banking) A branch, banking center or financial center is a retail location where a bank, credit union, or other financial institution (including a broker, brokerage firm) offers a wide array of Real life, face-to-face and automated services to its cust ...

, a retail location * Branch, a

local union A local union (often shortened to local), in North America, or union branch (known as a lodge in some unions), in the United Kingdom and other countries, is a local branch (or chapter) of a usually national trade union. The terms used for sub-bran ...

, in the trade union movement *

Military branch Military branch (also service branch or armed service) is according to common standard a subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation or state. Types of branches Unified armed forces The Canadian Armed Forces is the unifie ...

, a component of the armed forces, such as the army, navy, or air force

Mathematics

Branches of mathematics Mathematics is a broad subject that is commonly divided in many areas or branches that may be defined by List of mathematical objects, their objects of study, by the used methods, or by both. For example, analytic number theory is a subarea of n ...

, subdisciplines within mathematics *

Branch (algebraic geometry) In mathematics, an affine algebraic plane curve is the zero set of a polynomial in two variables. A projective algebraic plane curve is the zero set in a projective plane of a homogeneous polynomial in three variables. An affine algebraic plane cu ...

, a smooth arc of a real algebraic curve *

Branch (graph theory) This is a glossary of graph theory. Graph theory is the study of graphs, systems of nodes or vertices connected in pairs by lines or edges. Symbols A B ...

, a path of degree-two vertices ending in vertices of degree unequal to two **

Branch-decomposition In graph theory, a branch-decomposition of an undirected graph ''G'' is a hierarchical clustering of the edges of ''G'', represented by an unrooted binary tree ''T'' with the edges of ''G'' as its leaves. Removing any edge from ''T'' partitions t ...

, a hierarchical clustering of the edges of a graph, and branchwidth, a graph parameter defined from these decompositions *

Branch (mathematical analysis) In mathematics, a principal branch is a function which selects one branch point, branch ("slice") of a multi-valued function. Most often, this applies to functions defined on the complex plane. Examples Trigonometric inverses Principal bra ...

, a single value of a multi-valued complex function **

Branch point In the mathematical field of complex analysis, a branch point of a multivalued function is a point such that if the function is n-valued (has n values) at that point, all of its neighborhoods contain a point that has more than n values. Multi-valu ...

, of a multi-valued function, a point where all neighborhoods are multi-valued **

Branched covering In mathematics, a branched covering is a map that is almost a covering map, except on a small set. In topology In topology, a map is a ''branched covering'' if it is a covering map everywhere except for a nowhere dense set known as the branch set. ...

, a generalization of multi-valued functions in topology and algebraic geometry *

Branch (set theory) A branch, also called a ramus in botany, is a stem that grows off from another stem, or when structures like veins in leaves are divided into smaller veins. History and etymology In Old English, there are numerous words for branch, includi ...

, a maximal totally ordered subset of a tree-ordered set

Religion

Branch (LDS Church) A ward is a local congregation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), with a smaller local congregation known as a branch. A ward is presided over by a bishop, the equivalent of a pastor in many other Christian denominat ...

, the smaller of two types of local congregation in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Branch, in Jesus and messianic prophecy, a prophetic name attributed by Christians to Jesus

Other uses

Branch (academia) An academic discipline or academic field is a subdivision of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined (in part) and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, a ...

, an academic sub-discipline * Branch (bridle), a crooked piece of iron in a bit shank *

Branch (computer science) A branch, jump or transfer is an instruction in a computer program that can cause a computer to begin executing a different instruction sequence and thus deviate from its default behavior of executing instructions in order. ''Branch'' (or ''br ...

, a point in a computer program where program-flow may change depending on a condition *

Branch (hieroglyph) The ancient Egyptian Branch hieroglyph, also called a Stick, is a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs. The branch is an Egyptian language biliteral with the value ''(kh)t'', (khet)-(ḫt); it is an ideogram-(determinative), for wood, tr ...

, a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs * Branches, the major sub-families of a

language family A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term ''family'' is a metaphor borrowed from biology, with the tree model used in historical linguistics ...

* USS ''Branch'', various US Navy ships * Branch, a sometimes-used

taxonomic rank In biology, taxonomic rank (which some authors prefer to call nomenclatural rank because ranking is part of nomenclature rather than taxonomy proper, according to some definitions of these terms) is the relative or absolute level of a group of or ...