branch (noun)

  • 101air force — noun the airborne branch of a country s armed forces (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑airforce • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine …

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  • 102inorganic chemistry — noun the chemistry of compounds that do not contain hydrocarbon radicals • Hypernyms: ↑chemistry, ↑chemical science * * * noun : a branch of chemistry that deals with chemical elements and their compounds excluding hydrocarbons and their… …

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  • 103Air Force — noun the airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space • Syn: ↑United States Air Force, ↑U. S. Air Force, ↑US Air Force, ↑USAF • Hypernyms: ↑agency, ↑federal… …

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  • 104electrical engineering — noun the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication • Syn: ↑EE • Members of this Topic: ↑repeater • Hypernyms:… …

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  • 105Anatolian languages — Branch of the Indo European language family spoken in Anatolia in the 2nd–1st millennia BC. The attested Anatolian languages are Hittite, Palaic, Luwian (Luvian), Hieroglyphic Luwian, Lycian, and Lydian. Hittite, by far the most copiously… …

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  • 106group theory — noun the branch of mathematics dealing with groups • Topics: ↑mathematics, ↑math, ↑maths • Hypernyms: ↑pure mathematics • Hyponyms: ↑Galois theory * * * noun …

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  • 107internal medicine — noun the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and (nonsurgical) treatment of diseases of the internal organs (especially in adults) • Syn: ↑general medicine • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty * * * noun : a branch of medicine… …

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  • 108space medicine — noun the branch of medicine concerned with the effects of space flight on human beings • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medical specialty * * * noun : a branch of medicine that deals with the physiologic and biologic effects on the human body of rocket… …

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  • 109Kordofanian languages — Branch of the Niger Congo language family. It is geographically separated from the rest of the Niger Congo languages and is believed to represent the oldest layer of languages in the region. The Kordofanian branch consists of some 20 languages… …

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  • 110preventive medicine — noun the branch of medicine concerned with preventing disease (Freq. 1) the medical establishment doesn t profit from preventive medicine • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑practice of medicine * * * noun : a branch of medical science dealing with methods… …

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