ramification
ramification is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve.
- 2.A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications a subject or scheme.
- 3.The production of branchlike figures. Crabb.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acrospire
- anguilliform
- band
- bantling
- beard
- block
- branch
- breed
- brood
- capillament
- capillary
- capilliform
- child
- chip
- cilia
- cilium
- cord
- cotton
- daughter
- descendant
- descent
- fall
- family
- far
- farrow
- fascia
- father
- fiber
- fibril
- fibrillous
- fibrous
- filaceous
- filament
- filamentous
- filial
- filiation
- filiform
- fillet
- flagelliform
- from
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is ramification.
- What is a small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve called?
- What is a division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications a subject or scheme called?
- What is the production of branchlike figures. Crabb called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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