OVERLAP

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To lap over; to lap.

2.
n.

The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.

3.
n.

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.

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