ramiform

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adjective

Having the shape of a branch.

OriginLatin ramus →
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Meanings

adjectiveramiform (comparative more ramiform, superlative most ramiform)

comparative more ramiform · superlative most ramiform

  1. Having the shape of a branch.
nounramiform (plural ramiforms)

plural ramiforms

  1. A symbol or structure that is shaped like a branch, or which branches.

    Bloomcnthal has produced some magnificent branching structures (ramiforms) based on a spline primitive (Figure 17) [Bloo88b].

    2001, David F. Rogers, Rae Earnshaw, Computer Graphics Techniques: Theory and Practice, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 263

Origin

  1. Latinramus“branch”
  2. Englishramiform

Latin ramus (“branch”) + -form

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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