dictionary help| overlap | medical dictionary |
1. The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.
2. <geology> 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.
(01 Mar 1998)
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