imbrication

• Существительное, обозначающее декоративный или структурный узор, в котором перекрывающиеся элементы, такие как плитка или черепица, накладываются друг на друга слоями.

A noun referring to a decorative or structural pattern in which overlapping elements, such as tiles or shingles, cover one another in a layered arrangement.

1. Overlapping arrangementC2formal

   A decorative or structural pattern where elements like tiles, shingles, or scales overlap each other, each covering part of the next.

   Расположение внахлёст

   • The roof's imbrication of slate tiles protected the house from rain.
   • The artist used imbrication in the mosaic to create a sense of depth.
   • The imbrication of scales on the fish was clearly visible under the microscope.

   Synonymslappingoverlapoverlappingscalingshinglingtiling

   Antonymsdisjunctionseparationspacing