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onlaps

onlaps is the plural of onlap.

Meaning of onlap

Noun

onlap (plural onlaps)

  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
    Synonyms:
    overlap

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Questions about onlaps

What is onlaps the plural of?
Onlaps is the plural of onlap.

Words near onlaps in the dictionary

  1. onlaid
  2. onland
  3. onlap
  4. onlapped
  5. onlapping
  6. onlaps
  7. onlay
  8. onlaying
  9. onlays
  10. onlead
  11. onleading

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