Meanings (ES + gloss)
ramificación
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.
From the left chamber or ventricle of the strong muscular mass, the heart, a large tube arises, called the aorta; and by a continued division or ramification, opens a way for the b…
The character of trees may be studied to advantage […] in winter, when the forms of the ramification can be seen in the naked boughs […]
ramificación
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 ramification…
What, then, is my Scheme? It is a very simple one, although in its ramifications and extensions it embraces the whole world.
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