OVERLAP definition: to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate. See examples of overlap used in a sentence.
In photography, the amount by which one photograph includes the same area covered by another, customarily expressed as a percentage. The overlap between successive air photographs on a flight line is called "forward overlap."
If one thing overlaps another, or if you overlap them, a part of the first thing occupies the same area as a part of the other thing. You can also say that two things overlap.
Definition of overlap verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
(of two things) to come or fit together so that one partially covers (the other): [~ + object] The tiles overlap each other. [no object] The edges overlap at a slight angle.
OVERLAP meaning: 1 : to lie over the edge of (something) to cover part of the edge of (something); 2 : to happen at the same time as something else often + with
To extend over and partly cover something. The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk. To co-occur, to happen at the same time. The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges.
The word 'overlap' originated from the Middle English word 'overlopen', which means to run over. The term started to be used in the 16th century and has since evolved to represent the concept of things sharing a common area or extending over each other.
In photography, the amount by which one photograph includes the same area covered by another, customarily expressed as a percentage. The overlap between successive air photographs on a flight line is called "forward overlap."