English Explanatory Dictionary

onlap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.
verb
  1. To form an onlap.

Word forms

onlap onlaps onlapping onlapped

Etymology

From on + lap.

Synonyms

overlap

Antonyms

offlap
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