Meaning

• Noun

  1. The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.
  2. Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.
  3. A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.
  4. One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.
  5. A location of an organization with several locations.
  6. A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.
  7. A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.
  8. An area in business or of knowledge, research.
  9. A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.
  10. A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.
  11. A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.
  12. A branch line.

• Verb