[FRIAM] looking for a word

[Stephen Guerin]

Also internal vertex/node or branch vertex/node

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 12:29 PM Stephen Guerin <redfishgroupllc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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