1. The act of branching out or dividing into branches
   - branching, fork, forking 
2. A part of a forked or branching shape
   - branch, leg 
3. A development that complicates a situation
   "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
   - complication 
4. An arrangement of branching parts

Derived forms: ramifications

See also: ramify

Type of: arrangement, development, division, placement, subfigure

Part of: forking, furcation

Encyclopedia: Ramification

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