Overlapping

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The action or effect which occurs when one thing overlaps another; the production or the essential character of an overlap. Specifically
  • noun. In psychology, the supplanting of one mental disposition or of one combination of mental processes by another and more powerful disposition or combination, without appreciable conflict.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A covering with an overlapping design, as with tiles or shingles.
  • adjective. same as clinker-built; -- of ships.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. Present participle of overlap.
  • adjective. Pertaining to something that overlaps something else.
  • noun. The situation in which things overlap.
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  • noun. covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)
  • Word Usage
    "Analyst Adrian Salbuchi from Argentina, proposes a Model that helps to understand the dynamics of what is currently taking place in the world, which he defines as the overlapping and increasingly violent process that marks the end of Globalization and the birth of World"
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    covering  
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    overlap