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onlap en · NOUN

Etymology

From on + lap.

Meanings

  1. The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.
    • Displacement on F3 was followed by continued accumulation and onlap of the fine-grained sands of unit 3 on the footwall and development of soil Qb2. 2001 December 14, Senthil Kumar et al., “Earthquake Recurrence and Rupture Dynamics of Himalayan Frontal Thrust, India”, in Science, volume 294, number 5550, →DOI, pages 2328–2331:

Forms

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onlaps Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

overlap

onlap en · VERB

Etymology

From on + lap.

Meanings

  1. To form an onlap.
    • Elsewhere, many of the youngest volcanic plains units onlap tesserae at crustal plateau boundaries. 1998 March 6, Roger J. Phillips, Vicki L. Hansen, “Geological Evolution of Venus: Rises, Plains, Plumes, and Plateaus”, in Science, volume 279, number 5356, →DOI, pages 1492–1497:

Forms

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onlapping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
onlapped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
onlapped Tense=Past lexicographic
onlaps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

offlap