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[ ram-uh -fi-key -shuh n ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌræm ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the act or process of ramifying.
a branch: ramifications of a nerve.
a related or derived subject, problem, etc.; outgrowth; consequence; implication: The new tax law proved to have many ramifications unforeseen by the lawmakers.
Botany . a structure formed of branches. a configuration of branching parts. Origin of ramification 1670–80; <Middle French <Medieval Latin rāmificāt (us ) (past participle of rāmificāre to ramify) + Middle French -ion -ion
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This is precisely what is now taking place in all the ramification s of the great Spanish family.
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British Dictionary definitions for ramification noun the act or process of ramifying or branching out
an offshoot or subdivision
(often plural) a subsidiary consequence, esp one that complicates
a structure of branching parts
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Words related to ramification consequence, upshot, complication, subdivision, extension, division, outgrowth, sequel, partition, radiation, excrescence, branch, offshoot, divarication, breaking, result, branching, forking, bifurcation, subdividing
Medical definitions for ramification n. A branching shape or arrangement.
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