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plication

UK/plɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

plication noun: an act of folding.

Noun

plication (countable and uncountable, plural plications)

  1. An act of folding.
  2. A fold or pleat.
    • But the recognition of nappes set out the research project: you need not simply throw up your hands in despair at perverse plications and ceaseless crenelations in the Alps.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 96
  3. A surgical procedure in which a body part is strengthened or shortened by pulling together folds of excess material, and suturing them into place.

plication meaning in Bengali

plication in Bengali

ভাঁজ করার একটি কাজ, একটি ভাঁজ, কুঁচকানো অংশ

Synonyms of plication

Forms of plication

pluralplications

Origin of plication

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

Words formed from plication

Questions about plication

What does plication mean?
Plication means an act of folding.
What is plication in Bengali?
Plication in Bengali is ভাঁজ করার একটি কাজ, একটি ভাঁজ, কুঁচকানো অংশ. See Plication meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is plication?
Plication is a noun.
How do you pronounce plication?
Plication is pronounced /plɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
What is the plural of plication?
The plural of plication is plications.

Words near plication in the dictionary

  1. plicated
  2. plicately
  3. plicateness
  4. plicates
  5. plicating
  6. plication
  7. plications
  8. plicatulate
  9. plicatulid
  10. plicatulids
  11. plicature

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plication (page history and authors); plication (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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