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Noun: plication
  1. An angular or rounded shape made by folding
    "a plication on her blouse"
    - fold, crease, flexure, crimp, bend
     
  2. The act of folding in parallel folds
    - pleating

Derived forms: plications

See also: plicate

Type of: angular shape, angularity, fold, folding

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