Definition of Overlapping

1. Noun. Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles).

Exact synonyms: Imbrication, Lapping
Generic synonyms: Covering
Derivative terms: Imbricate, Imbricate, Overlap

Definition of Overlapping

1. Verb. (present participle of overlap) ¹

2. Adjective. Pertaining to something that overlaps something else. ¹

3. Noun. The situation in which things overlap. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overlapping

1. overlap [v] - See also: overlap

Medical Definition of Overlapping

1. In cell locomotion situation in which the leading lamella of one cell moves actively over the dorsal surface of another cell should be distinguished from underlapping. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlapping

overlades
overlading
overlaid
overlain
overlaminate
overlaminates
overland
overlander
overlanders
overlands
overlanguaged
overlap
overlap hybridization
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overlapping reading frame
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overlard
overlards
overlarge
overlargeness
overlash
overlashed
overlashes
overlashing
overlashings

Literary usage of Overlapping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook on Hedonic Indexes and Quality Adjustments in Price Indexes by Jack E. Triplett (2006)
"B HEDONIC QUALITY ADJUSTMENTS AND THE Overlapping LINK METHOD As explained in Chapter 2, the overlapping link method takes the actual difference in prices ..."

2. Spelling Ability, Its Measurement and Distribution by Burdette Ross Buckingham (1913)
"Overlapping It follows as a matter of course from the variability of these ratings that the overlapping of grade on grade is conspicuous. ..."

3. Variation in the Achievements of Pupils: A Study of the Achievements of by Charles Herbert Elliot (1915)
"The per cent of overlapping is a significant measure because it gives us at once ... With overlapping defined as it has been in Chapter III, the method has ..."

4. The Control of American Foreign Relations by Quincy Wright (1922)
"A. The Overlapping of Powers of Independent Departments. ... The difficulty arising from the overlapping of the powers of two independent and coordinate ..."

5. The Control of American Foreign Relations by Quincy Wright (1922)
"A. The Overlapping of Powers of Independent Departments. 245. ... The difficulty arising from the overlapping of the powers of ..."

6. The New Composition-rhetoric by Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denney (1911)
"trast, or cause and effect; it will appear together with those wherever possible. Overlapping Topics. 14. One caution is necessary. ..."

7. An Introduction to the Theory of Optics by Sir Arthur Schuster (1904)
"Overlapping of spectra. The maxima of light for normal incidence have been shown ... For each value of 6 we have therefore an infinite number of overlapping ..."

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