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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ramification \Ram'i*fi*ca"tion\ (r[a^]m'[i^]*f[i^]*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), noun [Cf. F. ramification. See {Ramify}.]
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 nerve.
3. A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; also, one of the subordinate parts; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme.
4. The production of branchlike figures. --Crabb.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ramification
noun
1: the act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn: {branching}, {fork}, {forking}]
2: a part of a forked or branching shape; "he broke off one of the branches"; "they took the south fork" [syn: {branch}, {fork}, {leg}]
3: a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications" [syn: {complication}]
4: an arrangement of branching parts
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "ramification": V, appendage, arborescence, arborization, arm, bifidity, biforking, bifurcation, bine, bipartition, bisection, bough, branch, branchedness, branchiness, branching, branching off, burgeon, by two, complexity, complexness, complication, consequence, convolution, crabbedness, crotch, crutch, cutting in two, deadwood, delta, dichotomy, difficulty, dimidiation, divarication, division, effect, entanglement, extension, fan, flagellum, fork, forking, frond, furcation, furcula, furculum, groin, halving, hand, imp, implication, in half, inguen, intricacy, intricateness, involution, involvement, joint, leg, limb, link, lobe, lobule, member, offshoot, organ, outgrowth, perplexity, pinion, prong, ramage, result, runner, sarment, scion, shoot, slip, spear, spray, sprig, sprit, sprout, spur, stem, stolon, subdivision, subtlety, sucker, switch, tail, tanglement, technicality, tendril, thallus, treelikeness, trident, trifurcation, twig, upshot, wing, wishbone
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