Noun

• S: (n) branching, ramification, fork, forking (the act of branching out or dividing into branches)
• S: (n) branch, leg, ramification (a part of a forked or branching shape) "he broke off one of the branches"
• S: (n) complication, ramification (a development that complicates a situation) "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) complicate [Related to: complication] (make more complicated) "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
• W: (v) ramify [Related to: ramification] (have or develop complicating consequences) "These actions will ramify"
• S: (n) ramification (an arrangement of branching parts)