A branch is a part of a woody plant.
Branch or branches may also refer to:
Places Australia The Branch River, New South Wales
Canada Branch, Newfoundland and Labrador, a town
France Branches, Yonne, a commune
New Zealand Branch River (Taylor River tributary) Branch River (Wairau River tributary)
United States Branch, Arkansas, a city Branch, Louisiana, an unincorporated community and census-designated place Branch, Michigan, an unincorporated community Branch, Missouri, an unincorporated community Branch, Texas, an unincorporated community Branch, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Branch, Branch County, Michigan, a former village and first seat of the county Branch County, Michigan Branch Township (disambiguation) Fort Branch, North Carolina, a Confederate fort in the American Civil War Branch River (New Hampshire) The Branch, also known as Branch River, New Hampshire Branch River (Rhode Island) Branch River (Wisconsin)
People Branch (surname), a list of people with the name Branch (given name), a list of people with the name Branch McCracken (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 Arthur Branch, a fictional district attorney in the Law & Order franchise Branches (novel), a 2000 novel-in-verse by American author Mitch Cullin The Branches, a 2010 EP by The Dear Hunter
Companies and organizations Branch office, 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 retail location Branch, a local union, in the trade union movement Military branch, a component of the armed forces, such as the army, navy, or air force
Mathematics Branches of mathematics, subdisciplines within mathematics Branch (algebraic geometry), a smooth arc of a real algebraic curve Branch (graph theory), a path of degree-two vertices ending in vertices of degree unequal to two Branch-decomposition, a hierarchical clustering of the edges of a graph, and branchwidth, a graph parameter defined from these decompositions Branch (mathematical analysis), a single value of a multi-valued complex function Branch point, of a multi-valued function, a point where all neighborhoods are multi-valued Branched covering, a generalization of multi-valued functions in topology and algebraic geometry Branch (set theory), a maximal totally ordered subset of a tree-ordered set
Religion Branch (LDS Church), 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 sub-discipline Branch (bridle), a crooked piece of iron in a bit shank Branch (computer science), a point in a computer program where program-flow may change depending on a condition Branch (hieroglyph), a member of the trees and plants hieroglyphs Branches, the major sub-families of a language family USS Branch, various US Navy ships Branch, a sometimes-used taxonomic rank
See also
Branching (disambiguation) Branch line, a relatively minor railway line Branč Branche, a surname East Branch (disambiguation) North Branch (disambiguation) South Branch (disambiguation) West Branch (disambiguation) Long Branch (disambiguation)