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

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

The Judas-seller had a long branch cut from a tree, with little twigs growing out of it.

From The Mexican Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch

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

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

In the exposed outer wood of a branch cut above or below the canker there are reddish-brown streaks several inches long, indicating that the fungus has grown in the vascular system.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 by Northern Nut Growers Association