English Dictionary

ramification

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹæmɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(botany, anatomy) A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.

日本語の意味

分岐、枝分かれ（植物の幹や枝が小さな枝に分かれる現象、または血管や解剖学的構造の類似の分枝）

The ramification of the root system allowed the plant to absorb water more efficiently.

根系の枝分かれにより、植物はより効率的に水を吸収できた。

意味（1）

(botany, anatomy) A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.

The character of trees may be studied to advantage […] in winter, when the forms of the ramification can be seen in the naked boughs […]

意味（2）

An offshoot of a decision, fact etc.; a consequence or implication, especially one which complicates a situation.

The treachery of some of the Jacobite agents (Rashleigh among the rest), and the arrest of others, had made George the First's Government acquainted with the extensive ramifications of a conspiracy long prepared, and which at last exploded prematurely […]

意味（3）

(mathematics) An arrangement of branches.

ramifications （ plural ）