A side-stream apart from the main channel; figurative a collateral branch (of a family).
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释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinship group > stock, race, or family > [noun] > branch > collateral branch (4) by-channel1628 A side-stream apart from the main channel; figurative a collateral branch (of a family). offshoot1710 A collateral branch of or descendant from a particular family, race, or people. offset1711 figurative and in extended use. A person, family, etc., descended collaterally from a specified family or race. Cf. scion, n. 2b. Obsolete. lateral branch1869 (with reference to a family) a branch descended from a brother or sister of a person in the direct line of descent; cf. collateral, adj. 4a. |
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