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

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plication

One of these lines girdles the whole globe, while others lie in certain directions more or less coincident with lines of flexure, plication or faulting.

From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Hull, Edward

As regards its origin, the author regards it as a "plication hollow," or a trough produced by the formation of two mountain ridges, afterward modified by glacial agency.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 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

Multiplicate: with many longitudinal folds or lines of plication.

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

Lastly, at intervals, probably separated from each other by vast periods of time, the terrestrial crust undergoes intense plication and fracture, and is consequently ridged up into mountain-chains.

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