WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
branch′ point′, 
    1. Electricitya point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
    2. Mathematicsa point such that analytic continuation of a given function of a complex variable in a small neighborhood of the point produces a different functional value at the point.
    • 1875–80

'branch point' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Riemann surface

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