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Webster 1913 Edition
Imbrication
Imˊbri-ca′tion
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
imbrication
.] An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.
Webster 1828 Edition
Imbrication
IMBRICA'TION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
imbrication
imbrication
English
Imbrication: the clasts are oriented in the same angle in relation to the base.
Noun
imbrication (plural imbrications)
- a set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish
- (medicine) overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery
- (geology) a sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap.
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