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noun

Overlap n.

The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.

(Geol.) An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.

verb

Overlap v. t.

To lay (one thing) over another; to lap.

To cover part of.

Overlap v. i.

To be arranged so that a part of one object laying over part of another; as, the boards overlapped at their ends.

To have the ending time of one period or process extend beyond the beginning time of another period or process; as, the lives of Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt overlapped by several decades.

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Etymology of 'Overlap'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... at rest, the various segments overlap evenly; and the membranous intervals, corresponding with the articulations, do not show. But, when the larva walks, all the articulations, especially those of the abdominal segments, are distended and end by occupying almost as much space as the horny arches. ...

— The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles • Jean Henri Fabre

... little beyond the growing tissue (cambium layer) which is situated immediately below the bark, Fig. 120. In this way the growing tissue will be enabled to roll over the cement and to cover the whole cavity if it be a small one, or else to grow out sufficiently to overlap the filling and hold it as a frame holds a picture. The cement is used in mixture with sand in the proportion of one-third of cement to two-thirds of sand. When dry, the outer layer of cement should be covered with coal tar ...

— Studies of Trees • Jacob Joshua Levison

... continued, as I counted in seconds the interval to the scene of the next snapshot, which, as assurance that the whole ground would be covered, was to overlap slightly the first. A quick glance below, another tug at the string, and plate the second was etched with information. The third, fourth, and fifth followed; and finally, to our great relief, we reach ...

— Cavalry of the Clouds • Alan Bott

... material things which are permeated by separateness, and whose chief characteristic is to be separate, just as so many pebbles are separate from each other; as we ascend, first, to mind-images, which overlap and coalesce in both space and time, and then to ideas and principles, we finally come to purer essences, drawing ever nearer ...

— The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali • Charles Johnston

... reports.[222] On the second journey this intrepid traveller penetrated to the head of the Batang Kayan, and there made the acquaintance of the same Kenyahs who had recently visited the Resident of the Baram. In this way the spheres of Dutch and of British influence have been made to overlap in these ...

— The Pagan Tribes of Borneo • Charles Hose and William McDougall

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