Look up: imbrication


  1. imbrication
    [n] - covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=imbrication

  2. Imbrication
    Im`bri·ca'tion noun [ Confer French imbrication .] An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/11

  3. imbrication
    The operative overlapping of layers of tissue in the closure of wounds or the repair of defects. ... Origin: see imbricate ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?imbrication

  4. imbrication
    overlapping noun covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=imbrication

  5. Imbrication
    • (n.) An overlapping of the edges, like that of tiles or shingles; hence, intricacy of structure; also, a pattern or decoration representing such a structure.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/imbrication/

  6. imbrication
    Type: Term Pronunciation: im′bri-kā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The operative overlapping of layers of tissue in the closure of wounds or the repair of defects.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=43612

  7. Imbrication
    [sedimentology] In sedimentology imbrication refers to a primary depositional fabric consisting of a preferred orientation of clasts such that they overlap one another in a consistent fashion, rather like a run of toppled dominoes. Imbrication is observed in conglomerates and some volcanicla...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbrication_(sedimentology)

  8. imbrication
    1) Covering 2) Lapping 3) Overlapping
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/imbrication/1

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