https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.B00720
An
oligomeric
or
polymeric
offshoot from a
macromolecular chain
.
Notes:
  1. An
    oligomeric
    branch may be termed a short-chain branch.
  2. A
    polymeric
    branch may be termed a long-chain branch.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2287. (Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2297 [Terms] [Paper]