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embranchment

American  
[em-branch-muhnt, -brahnch-] / ɛmˈbræntʃ mənt, -ˈbrɑntʃ- /

noun

  1. a branching or ramification.

  2. a branch.

embranchment British  
/ ɪmˈbrɑːntʃmənt /

noun

  1. the process of branching out, esp by a river

  2. a branching out or ramification, as of a river or mountain range

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Etymology

Origin of embranchment

1820–30; < French embranchement, equivalent to em- em- 1 + branche branch + -ment -ment

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