ramification

Definition of ramification

Nouns

the act of branching out or dividing into branches

Synonyms:: branching, fork, forking

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; bifurcation
the act of splitting into two branches; trifurcation
the act of splitting into three branches; divarication
branching at a wide angle; fibrillation
act or process of forming fibrils

Type of:: division
the act or process of dividing

a part of a forked or branching shape

Synonyms:: branch, leg

Types:: bifurcation
a bifurcating branch (one or both of them); brachium
(biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal; crotch, fork
the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

Type of:: subfigure
a figure that is a part of another figure

a development that complicates a situation

"the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"

Synonyms:: complication

Type of:: development
a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

an arrangement of branching parts

Type of:: arrangement, placement
the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

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