Category:Overlap

O`ver*lap", v. t. & i.

Defn: to lap over; to lap.

Overlap O"ver*lap`, 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.)

Defn: 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.