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Overlap   /ˈoʊvərlˌæp/   Listen
noun
Overlap  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.) 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.  
1.
To lay (one thing) over another; to lap.
2.
To cover part of.



Overlap  v. i.  
1.
To be arranged so that a part of one object laying over part of another; as, the boards overlapped at their ends.
2.
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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"Overlap" Quotes from Famous Books



... could tell which of us he's talking to. His eyes are so crooked they overlap," whispered Enid to Bet. The Mexican did not want to make friends with the girls. He answered a few words to their questions then went moodily on with his work. But not for long. Without a master over him, the man grew lazy and ...
— The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure • Lizette M. Edholm

... This entry gives the official US Government digraph that precisely identifies every land entity without overlap, duplication, or omission. AF, for example, is the data code for Afghanistan. This two-letter country code is a standardized geopolitical data element promulgated in the Federal Information Processing Standards Publication (FIPS) 10-4 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... of 1150 years, ending about A.D. 529, the Greek mind had completed its philosophical career. The ages into which we have divided that course pass by insensible gradations into each other. They overlap and intermingle, like a gradation of colours, but the characteristics of each ...
— History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) - Revised Edition • John William Draper

... "gold canoes," as the Indians called them, we found that to mortice the planks into each other was a feat of carpentering far above our skill, particularly as we had no mortice chisels. We were therefore obliged to adopt the ruder experiment of making the boards overlap each other by about an inch, nailing them firmly together in that position. As, however, the inequality of surface at the bottom of the cradle, produced by the mode of building, would have materially impeded our operations, we strained some pieces of tarred canvas, which we fortunately possessed ...
— California • J. Tyrwhitt Brooks

... or arms, these if thick and muscular present a stronger and handsomer appearance, just as in the case of a human being. Again, a comparatively broad chest is better alike for strength and beauty, and better adapted to carry the legs well asunder, so that they will not overlap and interfere with one another. Again, the neck should not be set on dropping forward from the chest, like a boar's, but, like that of a game-cock rather, it should shoot upwards to the crest, and be slack (17) along ...
— On Horsemanship • Xenophon


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