分ぶん枝し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

branching; bifurcation; ramification

Technical term for the act or process of dividing into branches, used in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and other sciences.

• この分ぶん子しは分ぶん枝しが多おおく、複ふく雑ざつな構こう造ぞうをしている。

  This molecule has many branches and a complex structure.

• 血けっ管かんが分ぶん枝しして細こまかくなる。

  Blood vessels branch and become finer.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

branched

Used attributively to describe something that has branches, such as a branched chain or branched structure.

• 分ぶん枝し鎖さアミノ酸さんは運うん動どう後ごに摂せっ取しゅされることが多おおい。

  Branched-chain amino acids are often taken after exercise.

prefix

rami-

Prefix used in scientific compound terms, such as 分枝鎖 (branched chain) or 分枝状 (ramiform). Not used as a standalone word.

• 「分ぶん枝し状じょう」の「分ぶん枝し」は接せっ頭とう辞じ的てきに使つかわれている。

  The 分枝 in 分枝状 is used as a prefix.