| NOUN | act | ramification, branching, fork, forking | the act of branching out or dividing into branches |
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| shape | ramification, branch, leg | a part of a forked or branching shape | |
| event | ramification, complication | a development that complicates a situation | |
| attribute | ramification | an arrangement of branching parts |
| Sounds | rae.mahfahkey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of branching out or dividing into branches. | |
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| Synonyms | branching, fork, forking | |
| Narrower | bifurcation | The act of splitting into two branches |
| divarication | Branching at a wide angle | |
| fibrillation | Act or process of forming fibrils | |
| trifurcation | The act of splitting into three branches | |
| Broader | division | The act or process of dividing |
| Spanish | ramificación | |
| Catalan | ramificació | |
| Verbs | ramify | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork |
| ramify | grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | |
| Meaning | A part of a forked or branching shape. | |
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| Synonyms | branch, leg | |
| Part of | furcation, forking | The place where something divides into branches |
| Narrower | bifurcation | A bifurcating branch (one or both of them) |
| brachium | (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal | |
| fork, crotch | The region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches | |
| Broader | subfigure | A figure that is a part of another figure |
| Verbs | ramify | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork |
| ramify | grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | |
| Meaning | A development that complicates a situation. | |
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| Example | "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications" | |
| Synonym | complication | |
| Broader | development | A recent event that has some relevance for the present situation |
| Spanish | ramificación | |
| Catalan | ramificació | |
| Verbs | ramify | have or develop complicating consequences |
| Meaning | An arrangement of branching parts. | |
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| Broader | placement, arrangement | The spatial property of the way in which something is placed |
| Verbs | ramify | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork |
| ramify | grow and send out branches or branch-like structures | |
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