Răm'i-fi-cā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. ramification, Sp. ramificacion, It. ramificazione. See RAMIFY.]

1. The process of branching, or shooting branches from a stem, or the mode of their arrangement.
2. A small division proceeding from a main stock or channel; a subordinate branch; as, the ramifications of an artery. Arbuthnot. “Infinite vascular ramifications, . . . revealed only by the aid of the highest powers of the microscope.” I. Taylor.
3. A division into principal and subordinate classes, heads, or departments; as, the ramifications of a subject or scheme.
4. (Bot.) The manner in which a tree produces its branches or boughs. Lee.
5. The production of figures resembling branches.