branch cut

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. a method for selecting a single-valued function on a subset of the domain of a multiple-valued function of a complex variable.

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Example Sentences

The branch cut from the tree no longer feeds upon the sap of the parent stock, and disintegration is merely a matter of time.

From Breaking with the Past Catholic Principles Abandoned at the Reformation by Farley, John Cardinal

Branch stumps.—A more complex example is furnished by a branch cut off short some distance—say a foot—from the base, where it springs from the trunk.

From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall

Far below them, hidden by the trees, the east branch cut a threadlike gash through the center of a valley broad enough and round enough to have been a veritable amphitheater of the gods.

From Then I'll Come Back to You by Evans, Larry

The tube and the bowl of the pipe I carved out of the branch cut from the linden, and, that you might know what it is, I cut these letters in the wood.

From Napoleon and Blucher by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

At top, a hammer formed of a section of a small tree with part of a branch cut to serve as a handle.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives