(US) Ellipsis of bourbon and branch water.; bourbon whiskey mixed with plain water.

In radioactivity, the portion of all decays that take a given pathway. For example, californium-252 decays by alpha decay ~97% of the time, and by spontaneous fission ~3% of the time; so the branching ratio is about 0.97 in favor of alpha decay, and about 0.03 in favor spontaneous fission.

plural of branching ratio

simple past tense and past participle of monkey-branch

present participle of monkey-branch

(intransitive, informal) To attempt to improve one's status (at work, or in personal relationships, etc.) by repeatedly choosing the best option and then moving to better options as they become available.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monkey-branch

A dish made of brandy, butter, and sugar. It is traditionally eaten with a Christmas pudding.

The marking of cattle by metal chilled with dry ice or liquid nitrogen, etc. instead of using a branding iron.

(transitive) To mark (cattle) by this means.