ramification
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7.5
- noun
- /ˌræməfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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ramificación
- The tree's wide branches and numerous leaves represented the biological ramification of its growth and adaptation in the forest.
Examples
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In botany, the ramification of roots allows plants to absorb water and nutrients more effectively.
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Dewey (1916) wanted education to emphasize knowledge with rich ramifications in the lives of learners—knowledge worth understanding.
Academic text (2000) -
For any such analysis, you will want a ramification sheet with current value and amortization calculations.
Blog text (25) -
For more about the legal ramifications of using Pinterest, read this.
Blog text (2) -
The passage of equal employment legislation eventually allowed Adventists to address some of the ramifications of this problem in the courts.
Academic text (1998) -
Dress styles of the 1890s were in part a natural ramification of the developments in mass apparel manufacture.
Academic text (2012) -
A third ramification of deepening Sino-Singaporean links is their effect on Singapore's domestic society.
Academic text (1996) -
I had conceived a hope to learn from Buddhism about a topic I have long pondered: the political ramifications of compassion.
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The secretion of estrogen by the brain of zebra finches has several important ramifications.
Academic text (1994) -
Corals demonstrate striking ramification as they develop into large, intricate reefs over time.
Synonyms
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1.0
A part of a tree that grows from the trunk
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3.8
A place where a road, river, or path divides into two branches
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3.4
The action of one thing dividing into parts that spread out
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5.9
Dividing into two or more parts
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6.0
A piece that sticks out from a living thing, for example a shoot or bony lump
The growth of branches in nerves, plants, or blood vessels
A small limb that grows from a larger limb of a tree or plant
Branches or parts that spread apart at a wide angle, like tree limbs
Compounds
How Branched
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ramification comes from the Latin ramus which means 'branch', so it was first used to describe how things like roots, veins, or rivers split into many smaller branches.