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/

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On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 6:31 AM Stephen Guerin <redfishgroup...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>>>>
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