Noun: ramification ,ra-mu-fu'key-shun
- A development that complicates a situation
"the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications";
- complication, complexity
- The act of branching out or dividing into branches
"The ramification of the river created a complex delta";
- branching, fork, forking
- A part of a forked or branching shape
"The ramification of the river created a complex delta system";
- branch, leg
- An arrangement of branching parts
"The ramification of the tree's roots spread far beneath the surface"; "The company's organizational chart showed a complex ramification of departments"
Derived forms: ramifications
Type of: arrangement, development, division, placement, subfigure
Encyclopedia: Ramification