Usually means: Overlapping in sequence like tiles.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word imbricating:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. imbricating: Merriam-Webster
  2. imbricating: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. imbricating: Collins English Dictionary
  4. imbricating: Vocabulary.com
  5. imbricating: Wordnik
  6. imbricating: Wiktionary
  7. imbricating: Dictionary.com
  8. imbricating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. imbricating: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. imbricating: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. imbricating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. imbricating: Medical dictionary

(Note: See imbricate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (imbricate)

verb:  (transitive or intransitive) To overlap in a regular pattern.
verb:  (linguistics) To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.
adjective:  Alternative form of imbricated (“overlapping”) [Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined.]
▸ Also see imbricate


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