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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a side branch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a secondary or less important part of a larger structure, concept, or organization.
Example: "The research project included a side branch focused on environmental impacts."
Alternatives: "a subsidiary branch" or "a secondary branch".
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They were a side branch, perhaps derived from primitive hyracodonts.
Paranthropus represents a side branch in the hominin lineage that became extinct.
The largest of these lakes are Natron and Manyara, with Eyasi in a side branch of the main rift.
The skull also appeared to push Lucy off to a side branch of the family tree, Dr. Leakey said.
The viceroyalty of Carchemish was headed by a side branch of the Hittite royal family and persisted without interruption from empire times into the Dark Age.
While A. africanus might be a direct ancestor of modern humans, P. robustus was a side branch of the family tree that went extinct for reasons unknown.
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Flow past a side-branch can induce a powerful tone in a piping system.
These three pieces are placed in a side-branch cavity, and the whole device is called an ossicular silencer.
An electrically shunted loudspeaker driver device is connected as a side-branch to the main tube via a small aperture.
A side-branch secondary flow tube and a suction chamber are incorporated in the ejector model, and their effects are investigated.
The control source consists of a high temperature loudspeaker, positioned in a side-branch configuration to avoid direct contact with the exhaust gas.
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