imbricated in English

verb
1
arrange (scales, sepals, plates, etc.) so that they overlap like roof tiles.
these molds have spherical bodies composed of imbricated triangular plates
adjective

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1. The north Qinling is a complicated structural zone, forming an imbricated thrust napped structure overturning northward. Sentencedict.com

2. Since the process genre Aestheticizes labour, it is imbricated in the ongoing theoretical debate on the nature and value of work

3. THE MANUAL OF THE BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES ASA GRAY Involucre globular; the imbricated scales coriaceous and Appressed at base, attenuate to long stiff points with hooked tips

4. Cherts, radiolarites, and radiolarian Cherts are one of the most important components of accretionary complexes, and much used in the reconstruction of imbricated sections of ocean plate stratigraphy, and of the palaeogeographic and tectonic settings of ophiolitic mélanges

5. Cherts, radiolarites, and radiolarian Cherts are one of the most important components of accretionary complexes, and much used in the reconstruction of imbricated sections of ocean plate stratigraphy, and of the palaeogeographic and tectonic settings of ophiolitic mélanges

6. The assembly may include arrays of imbricated slats forming a louvred surface disposed respectively on each side of the fan matrix, the slats of each array being independently angularly adjustable to alter the direction of the intake and/or outlet air passing through the fan matrix.

7. Recent geological mapping and geophysical studies associated with the Lithoprobe project have suggested that the Opatica belt represents a plutonic belt against which the Abitibi was accreted by subduction-related collision and that the Pontiac Subprovince is dominated by imbricated metasediments related to the final stages of collision in the Abitibi region.