imbrication

noun

1. A set of tiles or shingles that overlap like the scales of a fish.

2. medicineOverlapping of layers of tissue in wound closure or correctional surgery.

3. geologyA sedimentary deposition in which small, flat stones are tiled in the same direction so that they overlap.

4. linguisticsA phenomenon occurring in many Bantu languages in which morphemes interweave in certain morphophonological conditions.

5. programmingThe use of relative positioning, often by varying amounts of indentation, to define hierarchical relationships between elements of code.

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

   Similar: overlapping, lapping