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onlap

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on⋅lap

  [on-lap, awn-]
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–noun Geology.
1. the advance of a sea beyond its former shore.
2. the layer or layers of sedimentary rock formed on a sea floor as a result of this advance.
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Origin:
1945–50; on + lap 3
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