| ramification | | |
| n. (act) | 1. branching, fork, forking, ramification | the act of branching out or dividing into branches. |
| ~ division | the act or process of dividing. |
| ~ 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. |
| n. (shape) | 2. branch, leg, ramification | a part of a forked or branching shape.; "he broke off one of the branches" |
| ~ subfigure | a figure that is a part of another figure. |
| ~ forking, furcation | the place where something divides into branches. |
| ~ 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.; "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree" |
| n. (event) | 3. complication, ramification | a development that complicates a situation.; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications" |
| ~ development | a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation.; "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!" |
| n. (attribute) | 4. ramification | an arrangement of branching parts. |
| ~ placement, arrangement | the spatial property of the way in which something is placed.; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" |
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