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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 set of things next to each other in a set order; a series

A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony ).

A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.

(mathematics) An ordered list of objects.

A subsequent event; a consequence or result.

* 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, pp. 12-13:

he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always the sequence of the antagonism of opinion between them.

A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.

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(card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.