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View synonyms for plication
plication
[ plahy-key-shuhn, pli- ]
noun
- the act or procedure of folding.
- the state or quality of being folded; a fold.
- Surgery.
- the folding in and suturing of tucks, so as to tighten weakened or stretched tissue.
- the folding of an organ, as a section of the intestine, and the attaching of it to another organ or tissue.
plication
/ plaɪˈkeɪʃən; ˈplɪkətʃə /
noun
- the act of folding or the condition of being folded or plicate
- a folded part or structure, esp a fold in a series of rock strata
- surgery the act or process of suturing together the walls of a hollow organ or part to reduce its size
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Example Sentences
Besides such intense plication, extensive rupturing of the crust has taken place in the same range of mountains.
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Take, for example, the proofs of gigantic plication, fracture and displacement within the terrestrial crust.
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Plication, or folding, is also an important feature in the history of the earth.
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Multiplicate: with many longitudinal folds or lines of plication.
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