embranchmentn.
/ɛmˈbrɑːn(t)ʃmənt//ɛmˈbran(t)ʃmənt/ A branching off or out, as of an arm of a river, a spur of a mountain-range: concrete a branch, ramification. Also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [noun] > ramification
branching1578
ramification1578
diffusion1658
divarication1664
diramation1779
embranchment1830
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 194 The lateral embranchments of the main valley of the Rhone.
1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith vi. §6. 405 Human life is divided into two embranchments.
1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanos (ed. 2) 365 Several embranchments or strings of conoidal hills.
1875 C. Clery Minor Tactics xiv. 192 The point of embranchment [of the road] was screened by a ridge.
1876 Quain's Elements Anat. (ed. 8) II. 157 The sympathetic set of nerves is a mere..embranchment of the cerebro-spinal system.
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