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Noun: ramification  ,ra-mu-fu'key-shun
  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