ramificationn.

Brit.

/ˌramᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌræməfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin ramificatio; French ramification.

Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin ramification-, ramificatio (13th cent.) < ramificat- , past participial stem of ramificare ramify v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹ (compare -ation suffix), or < Middle French ramification (1541; French ramification ) < post-classical Latin ramificat- , past participial stem of ramificare ramify v. + Middle French -ion -ion suffix¹.

1. Division or distribution into branches; a manner or pattern of branching; the action or process, or an act, of branching; the state of being branched.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > branching

ramification1578

innovation1835

branching1882

the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [noun] > ramification

branching1578

ramification1578

diffusion1658

divarication1664

diramation1779

embranchment1830

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man vii. f. 95 ^v The rest of the Scull is reuiued by the ramification of the ij. arteries Carωtides.

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxxii. 416 Pellican sayes, the Ramification of his testicles is purposely expressed to set forth his invincible strength above all creature's.

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xiii. 196 Ramification is the manner in which a Tree produces its Branches.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxi. 485 The mode and degree of ramification in leaves and branches.

1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. I. 299 Bushes, three or four feet high, of that singular shrub Rhigozum trichotomum, whose stiff branches, constantly dividing and subdividing, in a most regular manner, into threes, present a very rare and curious ramification.

1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. i. 8 Transmission ceases..to retain exclusively the form of diverging ramification.

1914 J. J. Levison Stud. Trees ix. 235 Compare, for instance, the intricate ramification of an American elm with the simple branching of a sugar maple.

1967 Brain 90 74 These random volumetric changes are associated with an abnormal collateral ramification of motor axons in 13 instances.

1993 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. 71 848 This regulation establishes a strict hierarchy among the stems according to the order of the stems in the ramification.

a. A division or single part of (something with) a branched structure, as a plant, blood vessel, nerve, river, etc.; a branch. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > arm or branch

branch1297

arma1398

bracec1400

ramification1653

divarication1664

1653 W. Harvey Anat. Exercitations xlvii. 238 For the heart, together with the ramifications of the Veins, is discerned first; as being an animate principle, in which both sense and motion reside.

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. vi. 150 The Branchery is nothing else but the Ramifications of the Lignous Body throughout all the parts of the Parenchyma.

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 122 In congelations..we frequently find curious ramifications, as on Glass-windows in winter.

1740 Gentleman's Mag. June 294/1 All the luxuriant Excrescences call'd Placemen, with their subordinate Ramifications and Twigs of Office.

1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 136 Spurs, or ramifications of high mountains, making down from the Alps.

1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 14 All feathers are subdivided till the ultimate ramifications are exceedingly minute.

1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 348 The new convention extends the line..with two ramifications to Marennes and Blaye, and another branch to Nantron.

1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia ii. 23 Like the Amazon, it sends out forks and ramifications.

1932 L. A. Borradaile & F. A. Potts Invertebrata xviii. 575 Into the latter usually open two long, branched respiratory trees, whose ramifications end in thin-walled ampullae through which water..passes into the body cavity.

1952 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 43 45 The major ramifications of the right coronary artery filled adequately.

1990 Jrnl. Exper. Bot. 41 833/2 The total tree conductance is composed of several conductances in series and in parallel representing the path of water from the ramifications of the root, through the trunk into the divisions of the canopy.

†b. The branches of a tree collectively. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > collectively

boughage1594

shroud1597

ramage1656

ramification1768

branchery1830

branchage1869

1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints iv. 211 The bole and ramification are as beautiful as the shape.

1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing v. 283 This character..pervades..trunk, ramification, bark, and foliage.

3. In extended use. Frequently in plural.

a. An offshoot; something that develops from or grows out of something else; an extension, esp. of an idea, concept, etc.; a subdivision or single part of a more complex structure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > offshoot

scionc1384

explantation?a1425

sprig1575

offset1642

ramification1755

off-branch1793

offshoot1814

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. When the radical idea branches out into parallel ramifications.

1772 T. Reader Let. Lover Gospel 16 The disease or distress, which any child inherits from his immediate parents, is but a particular species or ramification of that general misery which, in different streams, flows to every descendant of Adam.

1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames Pref. p. i The numerous ramifications of a Commercial intercourse of unexampled extent.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xx. 331 The extensive ramifications of a conspiracy long prepared.

1836 Times 13 May 3/6 A system of joint-stock banking has grown up already of great magnitude, which is daily extending its ramifications.

1866 Duke of Argyll Reign of Law i. 27 Like all central truths, its ramifications are infinite.

1900 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 787 The sacred promise of society, ‘To each one according to his works’, is the law which applies to the most infinitesimal social ramifications.

1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 145 Such are the ramifications of this complex civilization of ours.

1956 H. D. Tribute to Freud 2 It was a large family with ramifications, in-laws, distant relatives.

1978 A. Powell To keep Ball Rolling (1983) ii. iii. 144 The ramifications of aristocratic life: who engaged to whom; who running away with someone else; who blessed with grandchildren.

1999 Sewanee Rev. 107 p. lvii/1 That second question carries ramifications that extend far beyond the limits of his original topic.

b. A consequence, an implication (frequently unwelcome or problematic).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun]

proofc1330

worka1382

workinga1382

consequentc1386

effectc1390

processa1400

consequencec1400

sequel1477

efficacea1492

operation1525

branch1526

efficacy1549

trial1559

ensuing1561

repercussion1603

success1606

productiona1610

salutation1609

succeedinga1616

pursuancea1626

spawna1631

income1635

result1638

importance1645

consequency1651

product1651

causal1652

causate1656

consectary1659

propter hoc1671

inference1673

corollary1674

resultment1683

produce1698

recussion1754

development1803

suitea1806

eventuation1813

sequent1838

sequence1853

causatum1879

sequela1883

ramification1925

1925 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 17 Feb. 11/5 This new method of teaching modern business..is of vital importance in its hitherto unforeseen ramifications.

1938 E. A. Powell Free-lance v. 35 The ramifications of the peace settlement took the fighting men into some queer places.

1964 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 23 Jan. 9/3 The possible ramifications of de Gaulle's intention to recognize Communist China.

1998 S. Faulks Charlotte Gray ii. vi. 220 Charlotte could see Julien working out the ramifications of such a decision before he spoke.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ramification
释义	ramificationn. Brit. /ˌramᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌræməfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin ramificatio; French ramification. Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin ramification-, ramificatio (13th cent.) < ramificat- , past participial stem of ramificare ramify v. + classical Latin -iō -ion suffix¹ (compare -ation suffix), or < Middle French ramification (1541; French ramification ) < post-classical Latin ramificat- , past participial stem of ramificare ramify v. + Middle French -ion -ion suffix¹. 1. Division or distribution into branches; a manner or pattern of branching; the action or process, or an act, of branching; the state of being branched. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > branching ramification1578 innovation1835 branching1882 the world > space > relative position > inclination > divergence > [noun] > ramification branching1578 ramification1578 diffusion1658 divarication1664 diramation1779 embranchment1830 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man vii. f. 95 ^v The rest of the Scull is reuiued by the ramification of the ij. arteries Carωtides. 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus xxxii. 416 Pellican sayes, the Ramification of his testicles is purposely expressed to set forth his invincible strength above all creature's. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. iii. xiii. 196 Ramification is the manner in which a Tree produces its Branches. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxxi. 485 The mode and degree of ramification in leaves and branches. 1822 W. J. Burchell Trav. I. 299 Bushes, three or four feet high, of that singular shrub Rhigozum trichotomum, whose stiff branches, constantly dividing and subdividing, in a most regular manner, into threes, present a very rare and curious ramification. 1881 B. F. Westcott & F. J. A. Hort New Test. in Orig. Greek II. Introd. i. 8 Transmission ceases..to retain exclusively the form of diverging ramification. 1914 J. J. Levison Stud. Trees ix. 235 Compare, for instance, the intricate ramification of an American elm with the simple branching of a sugar maple. 1967 Brain 90 74 These random volumetric changes are associated with an abnormal collateral ramification of motor axons in 13 instances. 1993 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. 71 848 This regulation establishes a strict hierarchy among the stems according to the order of the stems in the ramification. 2. a. A division or single part of (something with) a branched structure, as a plant, blood vessel, nerve, river, etc.; a branch. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > arm or branch branch1297 arma1398 bracec1400 ramification1653 divarication1664 1653 W. Harvey Anat. Exercitations xlvii. 238 For the heart, together with the ramifications of the Veins, is discerned first; as being an animate principle, in which both sense and motion reside. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. vi. 150 The Branchery is nothing else but the Ramifications of the Lignous Body throughout all the parts of the Parenchyma. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 122 In congelations..we frequently find curious ramifications, as on Glass-windows in winter. 1740 Gentleman's Mag. June 294/1 All the luxuriant Excrescences call'd Placemen, with their subordinate Ramifications and Twigs of Office. 1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 136 Spurs, or ramifications of high mountains, making down from the Alps. 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 14 All feathers are subdivided till the ultimate ramifications are exceedingly minute. 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 348 The new convention extends the line..with two ramifications to Marennes and Blaye, and another branch to Nantron. 1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia ii. 23 Like the Amazon, it sends out forks and ramifications. 1932 L. A. Borradaile & F. A. Potts Invertebrata xviii. 575 Into the latter usually open two long, branched respiratory trees, whose ramifications end in thin-walled ampullae through which water..passes into the body cavity. 1952 Amer. Heart Jrnl. 43 45 The major ramifications of the right coronary artery filled adequately. 1990 Jrnl. Exper. Bot. 41 833/2 The total tree conductance is composed of several conductances in series and in parallel representing the path of water from the ramifications of the root, through the trunk into the divisions of the canopy. †b. The branches of a tree collectively. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > collectively boughage1594 shroud1597 ramage1656 ramification1768 branchery1830 branchage1869 1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints iv. 211 The bole and ramification are as beautiful as the shape. 1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing v. 283 This character..pervades..trunk, ramification, bark, and foliage. 3. In extended use. Frequently in plural. a. An offshoot; something that develops from or grows out of something else; an extension, esp. of an idea, concept, etc.; a subdivision or single part of a more complex structure. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > offshoot scionc1384 explantation?a1425 sprig1575 offset1642 ramification1755 off-branch1793 offshoot1814 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. When the radical idea branches out into parallel ramifications. 1772 T. Reader Let. Lover Gospel 16 The disease or distress, which any child inherits from his immediate parents, is but a particular species or ramification of that general misery which, in different streams, flows to every descendant of Adam. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames Pref. p. i The numerous ramifications of a Commercial intercourse of unexampled extent. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xx. 331 The extensive ramifications of a conspiracy long prepared. 1836 Times 13 May 3/6 A system of joint-stock banking has grown up already of great magnitude, which is daily extending its ramifications. 1866 Duke of Argyll Reign of Law i. 27 Like all central truths, its ramifications are infinite. 1900 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 787 The sacred promise of society, ‘To each one according to his works’, is the law which applies to the most infinitesimal social ramifications. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror 145 Such are the ramifications of this complex civilization of ours. 1956 H. D. Tribute to Freud 2 It was a large family with ramifications, in-laws, distant relatives. 1978 A. Powell To keep Ball Rolling (1983) ii. iii. 144 The ramifications of aristocratic life: who engaged to whom; who running away with someone else; who blessed with grandchildren. 1999 Sewanee Rev. 107 p. lvii/1 That second question carries ramifications that extend far beyond the limits of his original topic. b. A consequence, an implication (frequently unwelcome or problematic). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] proofc1330 worka1382 workinga1382 consequentc1386 effectc1390 processa1400 consequencec1400 sequel1477 efficacea1492 operation1525 branch1526 efficacy1549 trial1559 ensuing1561 repercussion1603 success1606 productiona1610 salutation1609 succeedinga1616 pursuancea1626 spawna1631 income1635 result1638 importance1645 consequency1651 product1651 causal1652 causate1656 consectary1659 propter hoc1671 inference1673 corollary1674 resultment1683 produce1698 recussion1754 development1803 suitea1806 eventuation1813 sequent1838 sequence1853 causatum1879 sequela1883 ramification1925 1925 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 17 Feb. 11/5 This new method of teaching modern business..is of vital importance in its hitherto unforeseen ramifications. 1938 E. A. Powell Free-lance v. 35 The ramifications of the peace settlement took the fighting men into some queer places. 1964 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 23 Jan. 9/3 The possible ramifications of de Gaulle's intention to recognize Communist China. 1998 S. Faulks Charlotte Gray ii. vi. 220 Charlotte could see Julien working out the ramifications of such a decision before he spoke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1578
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