ramification

(răm'ə-fĭ-kā'shən)
n.

1. A development or consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problem, plan, or statement: the ramifications of a court decision.
2. 1. The act or process of branching out or dividing into branches.
   2. A subordinate part extending from a main body; a branch.
   3. An arrangement of branches or branching parts.

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noun

Something brought about by a cause: aftermath, consequence, corollary, effect, end product, event, fruit, harvest, issue, outcome, precipitate, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot. See cause/effect.

n

Definition: consequence, development
Antonyms: cause

1. distribution in branches.
2. a branch or set of branches.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - forgrening, udløber, forgrenet (struktur)

Nederlands (Dutch)
vertakking, het (zich) vertakken, (vervelende/ onvoorziene) consequentie

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Anat, Bot) ramification

Deutsch (German)
n. - Auswirkungen, Verzweigung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - διακλάδωση, παρεπόμενα ζητήματος, (μτφ.) αντίκτυπος, συνέπεια, επίπτωση

Italiano (Italian)
implicazione, ramificazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ramificação (f)

Русский (Russian)
ответвление, разветвление, отросток, результат

Español (Spanish)
n. - repercusión, secuela, ramificación, ramal

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förgrening

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
分枝, 树枝, 分歧

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 分枝, 樹枝, 分歧

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 나뭇가지, 지류

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 分枝, 分岐, 支脈, 結果

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تشعب, فرع, شعبه, نتيجه أو عاقبه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮השלכה, ענף, הסתעפות‬

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