Plication Definition

plī-kāshən
noun
The act or process of folding.
American Heritage
A folding or being folded.
Webster's New World
A fold.
Webster's New World
A fold or crumpling in layered rocks.
Webster's New World

(now chiefly biology, geology) A fold or pleat. [from 18th c.]

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Other Word Forms of Plication

Noun

Singular:
plication
Plural:
plications

Origin of Plication

  • From Middle French plicacion, and its source, Latin plicatio.

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