OVERLAPPING

imbrication, overlapping, lapping

(noun) covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

OVERLAP

overlap

(verb) coincide partially or wholly; “Our vacations overlap”

overlap

(verb) extend over and cover a part of; “The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

overlapping

present participle of overlap

Adjective

overlapping (comparative more overlapping, superlative most overlapping)

That overlaps something else

Noun

overlapping (plural overlappings)

The situation in which things overlap.

Source: Wiktionary


OVERLAP

O`ver*lap", v. t. & i.

Definition: To lap over; to lap.

O"ver*lap`, n.

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

2. (Geol.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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