Ramification
Part of speech: noun
Definition: 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.
Fork
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To use a fork to move food to the mouth.To spawn a new child process in some sense duplicating the existing process.To split a (software) project into several projects.To kick someone in the crotch.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A pronged tool having a long straight handle, used for digging, lifting, throwing etc.A gallows.A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting.A tuning fork.An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.A point where a waterway, such as a river, splits and goes two (or more) different directions (see image).The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).A splitting-up of an existing process into itself and a child process executing parts of the same program.An event where development of some free software or open-source software is split into two or more separate projects.Crotch.
Example sentence: We are not living in a world where all roads are radii of a circle and where all, if followed long enough, will therefore draw gradually nearer and finally meet at the centre: rather in a world where every road, after a few miles, forks into two, and each of those into two again, and at each fork, you must make a decision.