imbrication

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Synonyms: implication, fabrication, imprecation, lubrication, embrocation, fimbriation, imbricating, intrication, rubrication, imbricative, imbrications

Antonyms: implication, fabrication, imprecation, lubrication, embrocation, fimbriation, imbricating, intrication, rubrication, imbricative, imbrications

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A set of [[tile]]s or [[shingle]]s that [[overlap]] like the [[scale]]s of a [[fish]].
2. {{lb|en|medicine}} Overlapping of layers of [[tissue]] in [[wound]] closure or in [[correctional]] or [[reconstructive]] surgery.
3. {{lb|en|geology}} A [[sedimentary]] [[deposition]] in which small, [[flat]] stones are [[tiled]] in the same direction so that they [[overlap]].
4. {{lb|en|linguistics}} A phenomenon occurring in many {{w|Bantu languages}} in which [[morpheme]]s interweave in certain morphophonological conditions.
5. {{senseid|en|programming}} {{lb|en|programming}} The use of [[relative]] [[positioning]], often by varying amounts of [[indentation]], to define [[hierarchical]] [[relationships]] between elements of [[code#English:_programming|code]].

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