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.
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
1670s, “a branching out,” from French ramification, from ramifier (see ramify). Transferred sense of “outgrowth, consequence” first recorded 1755. Related: Ramifications.
n.
- A branching shape or arrangement.