ramification

Noun
  1. The act of branching out or dividing into branches (synset 100389200)
    is a type of: division - the act or process of dividing
    subtypes:
    same as: branching, fork, forking
  2. A part of a forked or branching shape (synset 113936864)
    "he broke off one of the branches"
    is a type of: subfigure - a figure that is a part of another figure
    subtypes:
    • bifurcation - a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
    • brachium - (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal
    • crotch, fork - the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches
    is a part of: forking, furcation - the place where something divides into branches
    same as: branch, leg
  3. A development that complicates a situation (synset 107438499)
    "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
    is a type of: development - a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
    same as: complication
  4. An arrangement of branching parts (synset 105090407)
    is a type of: arrangement, placement - the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

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