Imbrication (sedimentology) definition

Imbrication (sedimentology)

WordNet

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

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English

a set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish
overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery
a sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap.