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

Derived forms: ramifications

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

Part of: forking, furcation

Encyclopedia: Ramification