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Ramification

The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Development 76% connected

The act of developing or disclosing that which is unknown; a gradual unfolding process by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an ima…

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Placement 76% connected

The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

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Bifurcation 76% connected

A forking, or division into two branches.

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Brachium 76% connected

The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

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Crotch 76% connected

The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

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Divarication 76% connected

A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

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Fibrillation 76% connected

The state of being reduced to fibers.

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Fork 76% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

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Derivationally related 8

Bifurcate 74% connected

Alt. of Bifurcated

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Bifurcate 74% connected

Alt. of Bifurcated

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Branch 74% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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Branch 74% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Furcate 74% connected

Alt. of Furcated

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Furcate 74% connected

Alt. of Furcated

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Ramify 74% connected

To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

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Ramify 74% connected

To divide into branches or subdivisions; as, to ramify an art, subject, scheme.

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Containing whole 2

Forking 70% connected

of Fork

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Furcation 70% connected

A branching like a. fork.

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Synonym 6

Branch 92% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Branching 92% connected

of Branch

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Complication 92% connected

The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fork 92% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Forking 92% connected

of Fork

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Leg 92% connected

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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