Ramification

Quick meaning: Ramification is a noun meaning (mathematics) An arrangement of branches.

Meaning

(mathematics) An arrangement of branches.

More Meanings

1. (figurative, often in the plural) An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.
2. (botany, anatomy, also figurative) 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.

Example Sentences

What, then, is my Scheme? It is a very simple one, although in its ramifications and extensions it embraces the whole world.

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

[…]we may be sure that Becky and Briggs looked out those august names in the Peerage, and followed the noble races up through all the ramifications of the family tree.

He stirred up a bigger muss than he had anticipated, and even he was astounded at the wide ramifications of the struggle and at the unexpected and incongruous interests that were drawn into it.

Word Forms

• ramifications

Synonyms for ramification

Depending on context, synonyms include fork, complication, branching, forking.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include branching, fork, forking, complication, offshoot, branch.

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