Definition of Overap
O`ver*lap" (?), v. t. & i. 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.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- To extend over and partly cover something
- the mousemat overlapped the edge of the desk
- To have an area, range, character or function in common
- The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges
- (mathematics) Used of sets that have some elements in common
- The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians)
- Something that overlaps or is overlapped
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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