It is used during daylight hours. The balloon is filled to such degree that its ascent rate is known. By measuring the time period between the start of the balloon and the moment it hides in the cloud can be determined the height of the cloud base.
imbrication lines (imâ³bro brÃ´Â´ika shÉn) , lÄ«nz.n pl. 1 the seams which are formed by overlapping layers of tissue in order to close a surgical. wound. 2 slight mesiodistal ridges in the cervical third of a. tooth
imbrication. surgical pleating and folding of tissue to realign organs and provide extra support, e.g. chronically stretched joint capsule. Flo imbrication. a method for repair of cranial cruciate repair in the dog in which sutures are placed around the patellar tendon and the fabellae.