Definitions for imbricationˌɪm brɪˈkeɪ ʃən
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
im•bri•ca•tionˌɪm brɪˈkeɪ ʃən(n.)
an overlapping, as of tiles or shingles.
Category: Architecture
a decoration or pattern resembling this.
Category: Architecture, Fine Arts
Origin of imbrication:
1640–50
Princeton's WordNet
imbrication, overlapping, lapping(noun)
covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
Wiktionary
imbrication(Noun)
a set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish
imbrication(Noun)
overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery
imbrication(Noun)
a sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap.
Webster Dictionary
Imbrication(noun)
an overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure
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