Arborescent

Quick meaning: Arborescent is an adjective meaning Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching.

Meaning

Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching.

More Meanings

1. (philosophy) Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (as opposed to the rhizome theory).

Example Sentences

Hydatica. Stem arborescent, jointed, branched; leaves long, linear.

Gilles Deleuze criticizes the Chomsky hierarchy of formal languages, which he considers a perfect example of arborescent dualistic theory.

Robinia, with its center of distribution in the southern Alleghany region, is represented by two arborescent and one frutescent species in the Atlantic and by one arborescent species in the Pacific region.

In §1 we review the definition of the arborescent links and discuss a convention to inductively analyze these links. We also recall some facts about foliations. In §2 we show how to represent an oriented arborescent link L by a special type of tree called a candidate tree.

Synonyms for arborescent

Depending on context, synonyms include arboreal, arboreous, dendroid, dendriform, dendroidal, branchy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include arboreal, arboreous, treelike, arboriform, dendroidal, dendriform.

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