ramification

ram·i·fi·ca·tion

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noun

The definition of a ramification is an effect that came from a specific action.

An example of a ramification is having trouble getting a job after quitting college.

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ramification

a ramifying or being ramified; specif., the arrangement of branches or offshoots, as on a plant
the result of ramifying; specif.,
1. a branch or offshoot
2. a derived effect, consequence, or result: the ramifications of an act

Origin of ramification

Middle French from past participle of Medieval Latin ramificare

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ramification

noun

A development or consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problem, plan, or statement: the ramifications of a court decision.
a. The act or process of branching out or dividing into branches.
b. A subordinate part extending from a main body; a branch.
c. An arrangement of branches or branching parts.

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Noun

(plural ramifications)

(botany, anatomy) A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.
An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.
(mathematics) An arrangement of branches.

Origin

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

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