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imbrication

imb·ri·ca·tion

uncommon

noun

1.

covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

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From French imbrication, from Latin imbricātus, from imbricō, from imbrex. By surface analysis, imbricate + -ion.

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