Meaning of RAMIFICATION
| Pronunciation: | | `ramufu'keyshun
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | branch, branching, complication, fork, fork, forking, leg |
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| | See Also: | | arrangement, bifurcation, bifurcation, brachium, development, divarication, division, fibrillation, forking, furcation, placement, subfigure, trifurcation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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