'Ramification' definitions:
Definition of 'ramification'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
A part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches" [syn: branch, leg, ramification]
noun
A development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications" [syn: complication, ramification]
noun
An arrangement of branching parts
Definition of 'Ramification'
From: GCIDE
- Ramification \Ram`i*fi*ca"tion\ (r[a^]m`[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. ramification. See Ramify.]
- 1. The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The production of branchlike figures. --Crabb. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ramification'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appendage,
- arborescence,
- arborization,
- arm,
- bifidity,
- biforking,
- bifurcation,
- bine,
- bipartition,
- bisection,
- bough,
- branch,
- branchedness,
- branchiness,
- branching,
- branching off,
- burgeon,
- by two,
- complexity,
- complexness,
- complication,
- consequence,
- convolution,
- crabbedness,
- crotch,
- crutch,
- cutting in two,
- deadwood,
- delta,
- dichotomy,
- difficulty,
- dimidiation,
- divarication,
- division,
- effect,
- entanglement,
- extension,
- fan,
- flagellum,
- fork,
- forking,
- frond,
- furcation,
- furcula,
- furculum,
- groin,
- halving,
- hand,
- imp,
- implication,
- in half,
- inguen,
- intricacy,
- intricateness,
- involution,
- involvement,
- joint,
- leg,
- limb,
- link,
- lobe,
- lobule,
- member,
- offshoot,
- organ,
- outgrowth,
- perplexity,
- pinion,
- prong,
- ramage,
- result,
- runner,
- sarment,
- scion,
- shoot,
- slip,
- spear,
- spray,
- sprig,
- sprit,
- sprout,
- spur,
- stem,
- stolon,
- subdivision,
- subtlety,
- sucker,
- switch,
- tail,
- tanglement,
- technicality,
- tendril,
- thallus,
- treelikeness,
- trident,
- trifurcation,
- twig,
- upshot,
- V,
- wing,
- wishbone