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OVERLAPPING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

imbrication; lapping; overlapping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb overlap

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 Context examples: 

Couinaud segment III, corresponding to the lateral segment of the left lobe of the liver, located to the left of the inferior portion of the falciform ligament, anteriorly overlapping the stomach.

(Left Anterolateral Segment, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration of MM-151, the three antibodies bind to distinct, non-overlapping epitopes of EGFR, thereby preventing the binding of a full range of both high and low affinity EGFR ligands and inhibiting EGFR-ERK-mediated signaling.

(Anti-EGFR Monoclonal Antibody Mixture MM-151, NCI Thesaurus)

Such dips occur at wavelengths between 65 megahertz (MHz) and 95 MHz, overlapping with some of the most widely used frequencies on the FM radio dial, as well as booming radio waves emanating naturally from the Milky Way galaxy.

(Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe, National Science Foundation)