Definitions for: Ramification


[n] the act of branching out or dividing into branches
[n] an arrangement of branching parts
[n] a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
[n] a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ram`i*fi*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F. ramification. See
Ramify.]
1. The process of branching, or the development or offshoots
from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

2. A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or
channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or
nerve.

3. A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads,
or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as,
the ramifications a subject or scheme.

4. The production of branchlike figures. --Crabb.

Synonyms: branch, branching, complication, fork, fork, forking, leg

See Also: arrangement, bifurcation, bifurcation, brachium, development, divarication, division, fibrillation, forking, furcation, placement, subfigure, trifurcation

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