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imbrication

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Editorial note

In my opinion there is too much imbrication and auto magic when you use that.

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Quick take

A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of imbrication gathered in one view.

noun

A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish.

noun

(medicine) Overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or in correctional or reconstructive surgery.

noun

(geology) A sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for imbrication.

noun

A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish.

See also: lapping, overlapping

noun

(medicine) Overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or in correctional or reconstructive surgery.

See also: lapping, overlapping

noun

(geology) A sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap.

See also: lapping, overlapping

noun

(linguistics) A phenomenon occurring in many Bantu languages in which morphemes interweave in certain morphophonological conditions.

See also: lapping, overlapping

Example sentences

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In my opinion there is too much imbrication and auto magic when you use that.

2

> Part of what is discomforting about surveillance technology > is its easy ­imbrication with the potential excesses of > police action.

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I think code like possiblyMissing.map(value => code ) introduces lots of unpleasant imbrication, and breaking out functions for every possibly-missing value also seems to me to lead to bad readability.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use imbrication in a sentence?

In my opinion there is too much imbrication and auto magic when you use that.

What does imbrication mean?

A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish.

What part of speech is imbrication?

imbrication is commonly used as noun.