"imbrication" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: imbrications [plural]
Etymology: From French imbrication. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|imbrication}} French imbrication Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} imbrication (countable and uncountable, plural imbrications)
  1. A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-imbrication-en-noun-UmqQF9Ps
  2. (medicine) Overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-imbrication-en-noun-MY3vYTXh Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. (geology) A sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-imbrication-en-noun-svfhYLzq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 10 41 20 23 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
  4. (linguistics) A phenomenon occurring in many Bantu languages in which morphemes interweave in certain morphophonological conditions. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-imbrication-en-noun-Y8Njanz5 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  5. (programming) The use of relative positioning, often by varying amounts of indentation, to define hierarchical relationships between elements of code. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Programming Synonyms: nesting
    Sense id: en-imbrication-en-noun-en:programming Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: imbricate, imbricated

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-imbrication.wav Forms: imbrications [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} imbrication f (plural imbrications)
  1. imbrication Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-imbrication-fr-noun-mQ~GC6S- Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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