Friam - Re: looking for a word

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Re: looking for a word

Posted by Steve Smith on Aug 18, 2018; 3:28pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/looking-for-a-word-tp7591695p7591725.html

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/

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On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 6:31 AM Stephen Guerin <[hidden email]> wrote:

Also internal vertex/node or branch vertex/node

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 12:29 PM Stephen Guerin <[hidden email]> 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 <[hidden email]> 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.

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On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 3:06 AM Jochen Fromm <[hidden email]> 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 ☣ <[hidden email]>

Date: 8/17/18 19:47 (GMT+01:00)

To: FriAM <[hidden email]>

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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