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ramification


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ramification  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ramification 
  n  1:  the  act  of  branching  out  or  dividing  into  branches  [syn:  {branching}, 
  {fork},  {forking}] 
  2:  a  development  that  complicates  a  situation;  "the  court's 
  decision  had  many  unforeseen  ramifications"  [syn:  {complication}] 




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