English Explanatory Dictionary

prelap

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A film editing technique in which the dialogue from the next scene precedes the cut, and the beginning of the dialogue is heard in the outgoing scene.

Word forms

prelap prelaps pre-lap

Etymology

From pre- + lap. Compare overlap.

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