OVERLAPPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overlapping mean? 

• OVERLAPPING (noun)
  The noun OVERLAPPING has 1 sense:

1. covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

  Familiarity information: OVERLAPPING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERLAPPING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

imbrication; lapping; overlapping

Hypernyms ("overlapping" is a kind of...):

covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))

Derivation:

overlap (extend over and cover a part of)

 Context examples 

This term particularly applies to mediastinal lymphomas with overlapping features of mediastinal (thymic) large B-cell lymphoma and classical Hodgkin lymphoma.

(B-Cell Lymphoma, Unclassifiable, with Features Intermediate between Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma and Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Similar studies have been performed in schizophrenia, depression, OCD and Bipolar, and similar sized differences were found, some in overlapping regions and some in different regions.

(Brains of Those with ADHD Show Smaller Structures Related to Emotion, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

As the youth withdrew in confusion, Sir William's keen eye singled out the five red roses from amid the overlapping shields and cloud of pennons which faced him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

NOTCH4 and NOTCH1 appear to have partially overlapping roles during embryogenesis in mice.

(Notch4 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

The shape of two circles joined together, and usually overlapping.

(Double Circle, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of overlapping clones representing regions of the genome; the contiguous sequence of DNA created by assembling these overlapping chromosome fragments.

(Contig, NCI Thesaurus)

A physical map based on an overlapping series of clones for the whole genome.

(Clone-Based Physical Map, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientists have developed an investigational vaccine that protected cynomolgus macaques against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruses endemic to overlapping regions in Africa.

(Study vaccine protects monkeys against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruse, National Institutes of Health)

Three major overlapping syndromes are recognized: eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer-Siwe disease, and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease.

(Langerhans cell histiocytosis, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

This allele, which encodes MAPK/MAK/MRK overlapping kinase protein, is involved in the induction of intracellular oxidative stress and a pro-inflammatory status in response to activation by advanced glycation end products.

(MOK wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)