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Overlapping

To extend over and partly cover something.

📖 Definitions of "Overlapping"

verb
  1. 1

    To extend over and partly cover something.

    "The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk."

  2. 2

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

    "The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges."

  3. 3

    Of sets: to have some elements in common.

    "The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians)."

  4. 4

    To have some similar nucleotide sequences.

noun
  1. 1

    The situation in which things overlap.

adjective
  1. 1

    That overlaps something else

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