Overlap
[əʊvə'læp] or ['ovəlæp]
Definition
(noun.) the property of partial coincidence in time.
(noun.) a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena; 'there was no overlap between their proposals'.
(verb.) coincide partially or wholly; 'Our vacations overlap'.
(verb.) extend over and cover a part of; 'The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city'.
Typed by Carolyn--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t. & i.) To lap over; to lap.
(n.) The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.
(n.) 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.
Typed by Dominic
Definition
v.t. to lap over: to lay so that the edge of one rests on that of another.—n. O′verlap (geol.) a disposition of strata where the upper beds extend beyond the bottom beds of the same series.
Checker: Raffles
Examples
- Obviously, these two questions overlap. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- No great harm is done if the student does clearly grasp that there has been an overlap. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The firing was rolling in overlapping waves. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Overlying or overlapping these Azoic or Arch?ozoic rocks come others, manifestly also very ancient and worn, which do contain traces of life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Eastward her power extended weakly into regions inhabited almost entirely by Russians; westward she overlapped a German subject population. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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