English-French translations for ramification

• ramification
  La législation sur les brevets est très technique et compliquée, et des questions telles que celle-ci ont des ramifications d'une portée considérable. Patent law is very technical and difficult, and issues such as this have far-reaching ramifications.
  Il pourrait y avoir de sérieuses ramifications et nous devons nous y préparer. There may be serious ramifications and we need to be prepared for that.
  Il a des ramifications européennes puisqu'il concerne le tunnel sous la Manche. It has European ramifications as far as the Channel Tunnel work is concerned.

Definition of ramification

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

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