imbrication (English, noun)
expansion: imbrication (countable and uncountable, plural imbrications)
Senses:
glosses: A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or in correctional or reconstructive surgery.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A phenomenon occurring in many Bantu languages in which morphemes interweave in certain morphophonological conditions.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The use of relative positioning, often by varying amounts of indentation, to define hierarchical relationships between elements of code.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: imbrications
tags: plural