plication

American  

[plahy-key-shuhn, pli-] / plaɪˈkeɪ ʃən, plɪ- /

Also plicature

noun

1. the act or procedure of folding.

2. the state or quality of being folded; a fold.

3. Surgery.

   1. the folding in and suturing of tucks, so as to tighten weakened or stretched tissue.

   2. the folding of an organ, as a section of the intestine, and the attaching of it to another organ or tissue.

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plication British  

/ plaɪˈkeɪʃən, ˈplɪkətʃə /

noun

1. the act of folding or the condition of being folded or plicate

2. a folded part or structure, esp a fold in a series of rock strata

3. surgery the act or process of suturing together the walls of a hollow organ or part to reduce its size

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Etymology

Origin of plication

1375–1425; late Middle English plicacioun < Medieval Latin plicātiōn- (stem of plicātiō ) a folding. See plicate, -ion

Example Sentences

His research, he says, has practical ap plication right now.

From Time Magazine Archive

One new ap plication which has already been revealed is the use of radar with antiaircraft guns to direct fire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Multiplicate: with many longitudinal folds or lines of plication.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Movements of the earth's crust, plication of strata, origin of mountains, earthquakes, etc.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various