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imbrication
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun imbrication has 1 sense
- imbrication(n = noun.artifact) lapping, overlapping - covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles); Array is a kind of covering
Derived forms verb imbricate2, verb imbricate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
imbrication, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
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