plication

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His research, he says, has practical ap plication right now.

From Time Magazine Archive

One new ap plication which has already been revealed is the use of radar with antiaircraft guns to direct fire.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

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