overlapping
Use Overlapping in a sentence
vərˈlæp; verb (used with object)
1.
to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
2.
to cover and extend beyond (something else): The ends of cloth overlap the table.
3.
to coincide in part with; have in common with: two lives that overlapped each other.
verb (used without object)
4.
to lap over: two sales territories that overlap; fields of knowledge that overlap.
noun
5.
an act or instance of overlapping.
6.
the extent or amount of overlapping: The second story of the building has an overlap of ten feet.
7.
an overlapping part.
8.
the place of overlapping.
9.
(in yacht racing) the position of two yachts side by side such that the overtaking boat, to pass the other on the opposite side, must fall back, or such that neither can turn toward the other without danger of collision.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To overlapping
00:10
Overlapping
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Collins
World English Dictionary
| overlap | |
| —vb , -laps, -lapping, -lapped | |
| 1. | (of two things) to extend or lie partly over (each other) |
| 2. | to cover and extend beyond (something) |
| 3. | (intr) to coincide partly in time, subject, etc |
| —n | |
| 4. | a part that overlaps or is overlapped |
| 5. | the amount, length, etc, overlapping |
| 6. | the act or fact of overlapping |
| 7. | a place of overlapping |
| 8. | geology the horizontal extension of the upper beds in a series of rock strata beyond the lower beds, usually caused by submergence of the land |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
overlap
"to partially extend over," 1726, over + lap (q.v.). The noun is attested from 1813.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
overlap o·ver·lap (ō'vər-lāp')
n.
A part or portion of a structure that extends or projects over another.
The suturing of one layer of tissue above or under another layer to provide additional strength, often used in dental surgery.
To lie over and partly cover something.
To perform a surgical overlap.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Example sentences
Quantum entanglement is a reality manifested by interactions and correlations between overlapping wave packets.
Instead, there will be many overlapping and interconnected wireless networks.
No state has quite so many overlapping systems of accountability or such a gerrymandered legislature.
As the press has noted, the plan would consolidate our myriad and overlapping regulators into fewer, bigger ones.
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
