(mathematics) Capable of being subdivided into branches. / Capable of spreading into multiple fields or categories.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ramify

present participle of ramify

The quality of being ramifiable.

(transitive, intransitive) To divide into branches or subdivisions. / (figuratively) To spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories.

simple past tense and past participle of ramify

(set theory) The original form of forcing, starting with a model M of set theory in which the axiom of constructibility, V = L, holds, and then building up a larger model M[G] of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory by adding a generic subset G of a partially ordered set to M, imitating Kurt Gödel's constructible hierarchy.