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(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.

* 1829 , Lincoln Phelps, Familiar Lectures on Botany , p. 179:

The character of trees may be studied to advantage [...] in winter, when the forms of the ramification can be seen in the naked boughs [...].

* 1856 , Neil Arnott & Isaac Hayes, Elements of Physics , pp. 414-5:

From the left chamber or ventricle'' of the strong muscular mass, the ''heart'', a large tube arises, called the ''aorta ; and by a continued division or ramification , opens a way for the bright scarlet blood to the very minutest part of the living frame [...].

An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.

* 1834 , Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy :

The treachery of some of the Jacobite agents (Rashleigh among the rest), and the arrest of others, had made George the First's Government acquainted with the extensive ramifications of a conspiracy long prepared, and which at last exploded prematurely [...].

* 2009 , The Guardian , Chris Power, Booksblog, 14 Jul 09:

But most often and memorably his work falls into that territory best summed up as speculative fiction, with a particular emphasis on dystopian futures and the existential ramifications of space exploration.

(mathematics) An arrangement of branches.

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A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.

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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

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A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.

A puzzling circumstance.

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