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overjet

overjet noun: the extent of horizontal overlap of the maxillary central incisors over the mandibular central incisors.

Noun

overjet (plural overjets)

  1. The extent of horizontal overlap of the maxillary central incisors over the mandibular central incisors.

overjet meaning in Kannada

overjet in Kannada

ಮೇಲೆಚಾಚಿಕೆ

Forms of overjet

pluraloverjets

Origin of overjet

From over- + jet.

Questions about overjet

What does overjet mean?
Overjet means the extent of horizontal overlap of the maxillary central incisors over the mandibular central incisors.
What is overjet in Kannada?
Overjet in Kannada is ಮೇಲೆಚಾಚಿಕೆ. See Overjet meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is overjet?
Overjet is a noun.
What is the plural of overjet?
The plural of overjet is overjets.

Words near overjet in the dictionary

  1. overjaded
  2. overjaw
  3. overjaws
  4. overjealous
  5. overjealously
  6. overjet
  7. overjets
  8. overjittery
  9. overjocular
  10. overjolt
  11. overjolts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overjet (page history and authors); overjet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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