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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ram-uh-fi-key-shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌræm ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən |
Definition of ramification
Origin :- 1670s, "a branching out," from French ramification, from ramifier (see ramify). Transferred sense of "outgrowth, consequence" first recorded 1755. Related: Ramifications.
- noun consequence, development
- It is not growing strongly, and is as simple as possible in ramification.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5) » by John Ruskin
- But in other species the ramification of the apophyses assumes more the form of bifurcation or of irregular branching.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
- There are sometimes other complications in the ramification of the tube, but these need not detain us.
- Extract from : « Spiders » by Cecil Warburton
- It led into a ramification of small passages and tunnels underground.
- Extract from : « The Matabele Campaign » by R. S. S. Baden-Powell
- We determined to keep up the etiquette of refined life in its every ramification.
- Extract from : « Wanted: A Cook » by Alan Dale
- Every ramification has its feeder, and sucks up food for the tree with avidity.
- Extract from : « Palmetto-Leaves » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- They are only an extension and ramification, one of another, an endless continuation like the epics of the East.
- Extract from : « Underground Man » by Gabriel Tarde
- There is some advantage in this elaborate method of dissecting out every distinct fibre and ramification of an argument.
- Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
- It is remarkable that we sometimes find an idea dart suddenly into the mind without cause or ramification.
- Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
- We decidedly agree with him; we even think the idea shows signs of ramification.
- Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
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