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Branching

of Branch

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Similar meaning 6

Branchy 84% connected

Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Branchy 84% connected

Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Divergent 84% connected

Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Divergent 84% connected

Receding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- opposed to convergent.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Diverging 84% connected

of Diverge

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Diverging 84% connected

of Diverge

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Narrower term 3

Bifurcation 76% connected

A forking, or division into two branches.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Divarication 76% connected

A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fibrillation 76% connected

The state of being reduced to fibers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 1

Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Branched 92% connected

of Branch

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Fork 92% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forking 92% connected

of Fork

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ramification 92% connected

The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ramose 92% connected

Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branc…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ramous 92% connected

Ramose.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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