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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branch cut

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

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

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

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