Also internal vertex/node or branch vertex/node On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 12:29 PM Stephen Guerin <redfishgroup...@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 <r...@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 <j...@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 ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com> >>> Date: 8/17/18 19:47 (GMT+01:00) >>> To: FriAM <friam@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 >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >>> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >> >
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