RAMIFICATION

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The process of branching, or the development or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

2.
n.

A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve.

3.
n.

A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications a subject or scheme.

4.
n.

The production of branchlike figures. Crabb.


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