overlap : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: overlap	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for overlap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
overlap n a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena; "there was no overlap between their proposals" Synonym(s): overlap, convergence, intersection the property of partial coincidence in time a flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches" Synonym(s): lap, overlap v coincide partially or wholly; "Our vacations overlap" extend over and cover a part of; "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overlap \O`ver*lap"\, v. t. & i. To lap over; to lap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Overlap \O"verlap`\, n. 1. The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap* of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof. 2. (Geol.) 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.