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 > <redfishgroup...@gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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 > <mailto: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 <mailto: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 > <mailto:geprope...@gmail.com>> > Date: 8/17/18 19:47 (GMT+01:00) > To: FriAM <friam@redfish.com <mailto: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". 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