overlapping

English

Verb

overlapping

present participle of overlap

Adjective

overlapping (comparative more overlapping, superlative most overlapping)

Pertaining to something that overlaps something else.
1851 A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists. — Herman Melville, Moby Dick.

Translations

pertaining to things which overlap

Finnish: päällekkäinen, limittäinen
French: chevauchant (fr), recouvrant (fr)
Georgian: ნაწილობრივ გადაფარებული (nac̣ilobriv gadaparebuli), ნაწილობრივ თანამთხვეული (nac̣ilobriv tanamtxveuli), ნაწილობრივ თანმხვედრი (nac̣ilobriv tanmxvedri)
Greek: επικαλυπτικός m (epikalyptikós)
Italian: sovrapposto (it)

Portuguese: superposto, sobreposto (pt)
Spanish: solapado (es), traslapado (es), superpuesto (es)
Swedish: överlappande (sv)
Tagalog: unsod-unsod

Noun

overlapping (plural overlappings)

The situation in which things overlap.

Translations

the situation in which things overlap

Portuguese: sobreposição (pt) f
Russian: нахлёст (ru) (naxljóst), перекрытие (ru) (perekrytije)

Spanish: superposición (es) f

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