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plicature

/plahy-key-shuhn, pli-/US // plaɪˈkeɪ ʃən, plɪ- //UK // (plaɪˈkeɪʃən) //

插图,漫画,图画,绘画

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inplica
as inplication
as infold

Examples

  • Besides such intense plication, extensive rupturing of the crust has taken place in the same range of mountains.

  • Take, for example, the proofs of gigantic plication, fracture and displacement within the terrestrial crust.

  • Plication, or folding, is also an important feature in the history of the earth.

  • Multiplicate: with many longitudinal folds or lines of plication.