branch point


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.