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Etymology

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Latin ramus (branch) +‎ -form

Adjective

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ramiform (comparative more ramiform, superlative most ramiform)

  1. Having the shape of a branch.

Noun

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ramiform (plural ramiforms)

  1. A symbol or structure that is shaped like a branch, or which branches.
    • 2001, David F. Rogers, Rae Earnshaw, Computer Graphics Techniques: Theory and Practice, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 263:
      Bloomcnthal has produced some magnificent branching structures (ramiforms) based on a spline primitive (Figure 17) [Bloo88b].
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ramiform.