[FRIAM] looking for a word

[Stephen Guerin]

Conflux is the the place where two rivers join. More generally in a
directed acyclic graph I would say junction node or use the negative
non-leaf nodes

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 12:09 PM Roger Critchlow <rec at elf.org> wrote:

> I was thinking dendrite -- which refers to branching structures in
> crystals as well as neurons -- this dawn, the proper portmanteau would then
> be dendrectic or dendrexus.
>
> -- rec --
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 3:06 AM Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:
>
>> They say Germans have a word for everything because we can chain words
>> together like pearls on a string. In German I would say
>> "Netzwerkverzweigung" (network-branching/bifurcation) or
>> "Netzwerkverdichtung" (network-consolidation/concentration). In one case
>> the density decreases, in the other case it decreases. Something like that,
>> but it is not a perfect fit.
>>
>> - Jochen
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: uǝlƃ ☣ <gepropella at gmail.com>
>> Date: 8/17/18 19:47 (GMT+01:00)
>> To: FriAM <friam at redfish.com>
>> Subject: [FRIAM] looking for a word
>>
>> I need a word (or short phrase) to refer to the portion of a network
>> where the edges converge or diverge (more than other parts of the network.
>> Examples might be a river delta or the branching (debranching?) of blood
>> vessels or lungs.  "Plexus" or "knot" don't work because they could
>> ambiguously refer to something like a tapestry or ... well, a knot, where
>> each thread remains separate, but winds around other threads.  Something
>> close to "canalization" seems appropriate. But I don't want to imply the
>> generation (or dissolution) of the thing.  E.g. [arter|ang]iogenesis are
>> not the type of words I'm looking for.
>>
>> There's got to be a good word for such, perhaps from graph theory or
>> "network theory".  Any help will be rewarded by an IOU for a pint of beer.
>> 8^)
>>
>> --
>> ☣ uǝlƃ
>>
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