Associations to the word «Ramification»

Wiktionary

RAMIFICATION, noun. (botany) (anatomy) A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.
RAMIFICATION, noun. An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.
RAMIFICATION, noun. (mathematics) An arrangement of branches.

Dictionary definition

RAMIFICATION, noun. The act of branching out or dividing into branches.
RAMIFICATION, noun. A part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches".
RAMIFICATION, noun. A development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications".
RAMIFICATION, noun. An arrangement of branching parts.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King