Definition of Overlying

1. Adjective. Placed on or over something else. "An overlying image"

Exact synonyms: Superimposed
Similar to: Superjacent

Definition of Overlying

1. a. Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.

Definition of Overlying

1. Adjective. lying over or upon something else ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overlying

1. overlie [v] - See also: overlie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlying

overloved
overloves
overloving
overlubricate
overlubricated
overlubricates
overlubricating
overluminosities
overluminosity
overluminous
overluscious
overlush
overlusty
overluxuriant
overly
overlying (current term)
overmagnified
overmagnifies
overmagnify
overmagnifying
overmake
overman
overmanage
overmanaged
overmanages
overmanaging
overmanipulate
overmanipulated
overmanipulates
overmanipulating

Literary usage of Overlying

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

1. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"Diagrammatic section, showing relative position of till tt * and overlying sand and gravel series SS *. H'= river valley. to give a general view of the ..."

2. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology by William Buckland (1841)
"A. 10. represents a dike and protruded mass of Granite, intersecting and overlying stratified rocks of the Primary and Transition series. ..."

3. Bulletin by Tennessee Division of Geology, Geological Survey, Division of Geology, Tennessee (1913)
"At the extreme northeast end of the b£sin, near Tennessee River, where the syncline curves up to the surface in the shape of a spoon the overlying shale has ..."

4. Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland: Being a Complete ...Great Britain (1900)
"1924 ; soil chiefly clay, overlying coal and limestone. ... 2200 ; soil clay and chalk, overlying chalk. The church of St. Matthew is partly Norm., ..."

5. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"... thin layers of fine grained sandstone 40 Covered 25 Upper Wyoming, Soft buff sandstone 30 Fio. 3.—Section of the Morrison and overlying and underlying ..."

6. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1841)
"I The Silurian System, founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop, Hereford, §-c.; with Descriptions of the Coal-Fields and overlying ..."

7. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana, ( (1880)
"... are broken more or less into patches, either by uplifts that have brought lower rocks to the surface, or by the occurrence of overlying deposite. ..."

8. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"... are broken more or less into patches, either by uplifts that have brought lower rocks to the surface, or by the occurrence of overlying deposits. ..."

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