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overprints

overprints is the plural of overprint.

overprints is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overprint.

Meaning of overprint

Noun

overprint (plural overprints)

  1. An addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change the face value.
  2. (by analogy) The set of petrological, structural, and/or mineralogical characteristics superimposed onto rock by the action of geological processes over deep time.
    • Although we do not exclude that some of the observed Moodies laminae were originally microbial mats, the mineral assemblage of the studied anastomosing and wavy laminae (i.e., mainly sericite associated with Ti oxide and rare carbonaceous material) shows a substantial metamorphic overprint...2021 August, Masafumi Saitoh, Nicolas Olivier, Marion Gar on, Maud Boyet, Christophe Thomazo, Julien Alleon, Jean-François Moyen, Vincent Motto-Ros, Johanna Marin-Carbonne, “Metamorphic origin of...

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Questions about overprints

What is overprints the plural of?
Overprints is the plural of overprint.

Words near overprints in the dictionary

  1. overprimes
  2. overpriming
  3. overprint
  4. overprinted
  5. overprinting
  6. overprints
  7. overprioritize
  8. overprioritized
  9. overprioritizes
  10. overprioritizing
  11. overprivileged

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