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Ramification

//ɹæmɪfɪˈkeɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc. also, countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "The character of trees may be studied to advantage […] in winter, when the forms of the ramification can be seen in the naked boughs […]"

  2. 2
    the act of branching out or dividing into branches wordnet
  3. 3
    An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation. countable, figuratively, in-plural, often, uncountable

    "The treachery of some of the Jacobite agents (Rashleigh among the rest), and the arrest of others, had made George the First's Government acquainted with the extensive ramifications of a conspiracy long prepared, and which at last exploded prematurely […]"

  4. 4
    an arrangement of branching parts wordnet
  5. 5
    An arrangement of branches. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a development that complicates a situation wordnet
  2. 7
    a part of a forked or branching shape wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French ramification, or its source, Medieval Latin rāmificātiō. By surface analysis, ramify + -ication.

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