[FRIAM] looking for a word
Steven A Smith
sasmyth at swcp.com
Sat Aug 18 11:28:17 EDT 2018
Roger -
Interesting to introduce Dendrometry (tree growth) as _yet another_
metaphorical target domain beyond the liquid flow, erosion/sedimentation
of rivers.
Is there something in tree (plants in general?) growth that is
specifically apt for this purpose? Or were you perhaps using
Dendrometr(i)y in a more creative sense? Referencing neural
growth/function/topology? Dendodendritic and Axodendritic synapses
might be relevant?
Trees represent a more "intentional" transport system it would seem than
riverine systems, though if one includes the organic aspects such as the
bosque/etc. maybe not.
It doesn't seem (too?) unreasonable to imagine that the Liver (a
broad-purpose chemical synthesis factory?) has some
useful/interesting/relevant analogs in trees/plants? While a tree is
nominally 3 dimensional, it is also nearly 1-dimensional in the sense
that the cross-section of the trunk(s), branches, twigs, twiglets, etc
are very similar and within them, they are radially symmetric.
I am wondering if "braided" branch/root systems like Banyan Vines might
offer some insight?
This is all probably too far afield for Glen's original question but I
can't help but wander a bit on this one?
- Steve
On 8/18/18 4:42 AM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
> Ah, the dendrometriy of the software must agree with those of the organ.
>
> Speaking of categorical imperatives, anyone trying to follow John
> Baez' online course in Applied Category Theory?
> https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2018/03/26/seven-sketches-in-compositionality/
>
> -- rec --
>
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 6:31 AM Stephen Guerin
> <redfishgroupllc at gmail.com <mailto:redfishgroupllc at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Also internal vertex/node or branch vertex/node
>
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 12:29 PM Stephen Guerin
> <redfishgroupllc at gmail.com <mailto: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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto:gepropella at gmail.com>>
> Date: 8/17/18 19:47 (GMT+01:00)
> To: FriAM <friam at redfish.com <mailto: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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