ramification
nounEtymology
From Middle French ramification, or its source, Medieval Latin rāmificātiō. By surface analysis, ramify + -ication.
- borrowed from rāmificātiō
- borrowed from ramification
Definitions
A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches
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.
- 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.
An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.
An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.
- What, then, is my Scheme? It is a very simple one, although in its ramifications and extensions it embraces the whole world.
- 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.
An arrangement of branches.
The neighborhood
- neighborramify
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ramification. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA