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noun

Ramification n.

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

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

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

The production of branchlike figures.

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Etymology of 'Ramification'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ramification" Quotes from Famous Books

... with common judgement. The sense of smell, too, is likewise compelled by necessity to proceed to the intellect; the sense of touch passes through the nerves and is conveyed to the brain, and these nerves diverge with infinite ramification in the skin, which encloses the limbs of the body and the entrails. The nerves convey volition and sensation to the muscles, and these nerves and the tendons which lie between the muscles and the sinews ...

— Thoughts on Art and Life • Leonardo da Vinci

... lateral canyon has a secondary system of laterals, and the secondary canyons are broken by tertiary canyons; so the crags are forever branching, like the limbs of an oak. That which has been described as a wall is such only in its grand effect. In detail it is a series of structures separated by a ramification of canyons, each having its own walls. Thus, in passing down the canyon it seems to be inclosed by walls, but oftener by salients—towering structures that stand between canyons that run back into the plateau. ...

— Canyons of the Colorado • J. W. Powell

... proved the growth of Spiritualism in London. That such numbers could be got together in the dead season bespeaks a very extensive ramification indeed. ...

— Mystic London: - or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis • Charles Maurice Davies

... mountains of southern Spain near Almeria, a ramification of the Sierra Nevadas. They formed the last refuge ...

— Novelas Cortas • Pedro Antonio de Alarcon

... book discussed merely those groups which had direct relation to psychology; a systematic classification must leave no remainder. Of course here too I have not covered the whole field of human sciences, as the more detailed ramification offers for our purpose no logical interest; to subdivide physics or chemistry, the history of nations or of languages, practical jurisprudence or theology, engineering or surgery, would be a useless overburdening ...

— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various

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