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Ramification   Listen
noun
Ramification  n.  
1.
The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.
2.
A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve.
3.
A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme.
4.
The production of branchlike figures.





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"Ramification" Quotes from Famous Books



... remarks:—" ... In such matters as the ramification of plants, ... nature is always making angles and elbows [sic] which we are obliged, in decorative treatment, to change into curves for our purpose;...". This opinion needs only to be applied to animals in order to exhibit its absurdity; ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 • Various


Words linked to "Ramification" :   bifurcation, ramify, fork, brachium, forking, subfigure, divarication, leg, fibrillation, complication


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