noun (n)

• the act of branching out or dividing into branches(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  branching, fork, forking
  

  source: wordnet30
• a part of a forked or branching shape(noun.shape)

  Synonym:
  branch, leg
  

  source: wordnet30
• a development that complicates a situation(noun.event)

  Example:
  The court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications.
  

  Synonym:
  complication
  

  source: wordnet30
• an arrangement of branching parts(noun.attribute)

  source: wordnet30
• The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.(noun)

  source: webster1913