imbrication

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Noun

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im=bri=ca=tion

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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

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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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