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| | imbrication | n. การซ้อนกัน, การวางซ้อนกัน, Syn. overlapping |
| | | | imbricate | [\IM-brih-kut\] (adj) ลวดลายที่ซ้อนทับกัน เช่น กระจกโบราณมีลายสี่เหลี่ยม"ซ้อนทับ"ที่ขอบ |
| | imbricate | (v) place so as to overlap, Example: imbricate the roof tiles | | imbricate | (v) overlap, Example: The roof tiles imbricate | | imbricate | (adj) used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles, Syn. imbricated | | imbrication | (n) covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles), Syn. lapping, overlapping |
| | Imbricate | v. t. To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Imbricated | { } a. [ L. imbricatus, p. p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter tile, fr. imber rain. ] 1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to “break joints, ” like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in æstivation. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Imbricate | | imbricated | adj. (Botany) overlapping or layered as scales or shingles; -- used especially of leaves or bracts.
Syn. -- imbricate. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Imbrication | n. [ Cf. F. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Imbricative | a. (Bot.) Imbricate. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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