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ramifiable

ramifiable adjective: capable of being subdivided into branches.

Adjective

ramifiable

  1. Capable of being subdivided into branches.
    • One cannot prove in Z F C that "δ_D and cf(D) are ramifiable cardinals implies that D is weakly ramifiable".1998, Travaux de Mathématiques - Issue 2
    • We say that D is Θ-ramifiable if for each tree T on D, there is a branch h of T (we say that T has a branch).2002, Reports on Mathematical Logic - Issues 36-40, page 25
  2. Capable of spreading into multiple fields or categories.
    • Judgments are thus ramified and ramifiable. Adopting Peircean terminology, the artwork is indefinitely translatable into interpretants of great variety.1994, Herman Parret, Peirce and Value Theory: On Peircian Ethics and Aesthetics, →ISBN, page 109
    • To this the Bible offers an instructive counterexample, since keeping the difference flexible and ramifiable is exactly part of its ideopoetic business.1999, Meir Sternberg, Hebrews between Cultures: Group Portraits and National Literature, →ISBN

Origin of ramifiable

From ramify + -able.

Words formed from ramifiable

Questions about ramifiable

What does ramifiable mean?
Ramifiable means capable of being subdivided into branches.
What part of speech is ramifiable?
Ramifiable is an adjective.

Words near ramifiable in the dictionary

  1. ramiers
  2. ramies
  3. ramifenazone
  4. ramiferous
  5. ramifiability
  6. ramifiable
  7. ramificate
  8. ramificated
  9. ramificates
  10. ramificating
  11. ramification

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