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Webster 1913 Edition
Ramification
1.
The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.
2.
A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel;
as, the
. ramifications
of an artery, vein, or nerve3.
A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts;
as, the
. ramifications
of a subject or scheme4.
The production of branchlike figures.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Ramification
RAMIFICA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The process of branching or shooting branches from a stem.2.
A branch; a small division proceeding from a main stock or channel; as the ramifications of a family; the ramifications of an artery.3.
A division or subdivision; as the ramifications of a subject or scheme.4.
In botany, the manner in which a tree produces its branches or boughs.5.
The production of figures resembling branches.