overlapping of layers of tissue in the closure of wounds or in the correction of defects
4. Geology
shingling
Word origin
[1640–50; imbricate + -ion]This word is first recorded in the period 1640–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: datum, generator, intrigue, liaison, sludge-ion is a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, usedin Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion)
Examples of 'imbrication' in a sentence
imbrication
Throughout the surgery, medial patellar translation was tested following the imbrication of lateral structures.
Doğruyol Dağhan, Yüksel Halil, Yumrukçal Feridun, Akşahin Ertuğrul, çelebi Levent 2010, 'Role of pathophysiology of patellofemoral instability in the treatment of spontaneousmedial patellofemoral subluxation: a case report', Journal of Medical Case Reportshttp://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/4/1/148. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fold-thrust belts generally exhibit significant variations in structural styles such as differences in thrust geometries and frequencies in imbrication.
Hyunjung Lee, Yirang Jang, Sanghoon Kwon, Myong-Ho Park, Gautam Mitra 2018, 'The role of mechanical stratigraphy in the lateral variations of thrust developmentalong the central Alberta Foothills, Canada', Geoscience Frontiershttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987118300859. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)