Ramification Definition

rămə-fĭ-kāshən
ramifications
noun
ramifications
A development or consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problem, plan, or statement.
The ramifications of a court decision.
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The act or process of branching out or dividing into branches.
American Heritage
The result of ramifying.
Webster's New World
A ramifying or being ramified; specif., the arrangement of branches or offshoots, as on a plant.
Webster's New World
A subordinate part extending from a main body; a branch.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Ramification

Noun

Singular:
ramification
Plural:
ramifications

Origin of Ramification

  • From Middle French ramification, or its source, the participle stem of Latin ramificare.

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