unramified
- adjective
- /ʌnˈræmɪfaɪd/
- The plant's main stem remained unramified throughout its growth.
Examples
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The river flowed in an unramified channel through the valley.
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The river flowed in an unramified channel through the valley.
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In mathematics, an unramified extension has no branching points.
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The data is unramified.
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Her explanation was clear and unramified.
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The plant's main stem remained unramified throughout its growth.
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In mathematics, an unramified extension has no branching points.
Synonyms
4
7.5
Not clearly divided into different parts or types
2
4.7
Property not split into parts and forming a single whole
1
7.8
A body or object that has no separate, repeating parts along its length
1
6.3
Having one main stem and no side growth
1
4.0
Whole and not divided into parts
1
7.5
Not divided into parts or sections
1
3.5
Not divided into parts and kept together as one unit
1
9.9
Not split into two parts, like a horse's hoof
A leaf with one whole surface and no separate parts
A thing that has no separate parts
A person or thing that blends into a group and has no clear identity
Antonyms
How Branched
2
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
unramified = ramified (transparent) = un + ramify + ed
Standard negative prefix 'un-' applied to the adjective 'ramified', yielding 'not divided into branches'.
Etymology
Unramified comes from un- 'not' and ramify from Latin ramus 'branch', so it literally means 'not branched'. A helpful image is a river or a plant stem that never splits into smaller parts — that unchanging, single path is why we call something unramified when it has no branches.