overlapping

To extend over and partly cover something.

“The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk.”

To have an area, range, character or function in common.

“The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges.”

Of sets: to have some elements in common.

“The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians).”

To have some similar nucleotide sequences.

The situation in which things overlap.

That overlaps something else