The action of throwing out branches, or of diverging in the manner of branches; ramification; concrete a collection of branches. Also figurative.

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.

The condition of branching out on all sides; an instance of this. Obsolete.

concrete. That which divaricates from a centre; a divaricating nerve or vein; a ramification.

Branching out, ramification.

A branching off or out, as of an arm of a river, a spur of a mountain-range: concrete a branch, ramification. Also figurative.