| branch point [`branch ´pȯint] COMPUTER SCIENCE A point in a computer program at which there is a branch instruction. ELECTRICITY A terminal in an electrical network that is common to more than two elements or parts of elements of the network. Also known as junction point; node. MATHEMATICS 1. A point at which two or more sheets of a Riemann surface join together. 2. In bifurcation theory, a value of a parameter in a nonlinear equation at which solutions branch off from the basic solution. |