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.
The act of implicating.
The state of being implicated.
a possible effect or result of a decision or action.
An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".