imbrication

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish.
 * 2)  Overlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or in correctional or reconstructive surgery.
 * 3)  A sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap.
 * 4)  A phenomenon occurring in many  in which morphemes interweave in certain morphophonological conditions.
 * 5)   The use of relative positioning, often by varying amounts of indentation, to define hierarchical relationships between elements of code.
 * 1)  A phenomenon occurring in many  in which morphemes interweave in certain morphophonological conditions.
 * 2)   The use of relative positioning, often by varying amounts of indentation, to define hierarchical relationships between elements of code.
 * 1)   The use of relative positioning, often by varying amounts of indentation, to define hierarchical relationships between elements of code.
 * 1)   The use of relative positioning, often by varying amounts of indentation, to define hierarchical relationships between elements of code.