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overlay::noun | Spocien Dictionary
protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overlayer, sheathing |
| Type of | protection, protective cover, protective covering |
overlay::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | decoration, layer, ornament, ornamentation, bed |
Examples of overlay
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As usage shifts to these networks, a social overlay is spreading across the Web.
From the businessweek.com
An overlay zoning district helps preserve the historic Mooresville Mill Village.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The AR offerings include visors that overlay data on an officer's field of view.
From the newscientist.com
The African fabric was an overlay on his very Western, very conventional outfit.
From the washingtonpost.com
Professor McGurk stresses psychological symptoms can also overlay physical ones.
From the express.co.uk
This can be done with an overlay of shorting SPY or buying some Put protection.
From the forbes.com
Your memories start to overlay each other to cause strange subconscious meetings.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Hundreds of other apps overlay geographical information on smartphone displays.
From the post-gazette.com
For example, a built-in side-by-side with dispenser and framed overlay is $8,195.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy"
- Sheathing: protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
- Overlie: kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets"
- A layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
- (overlie) lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older rocks"
- In operating systems, an overlay is when a process replaces itself with the code of another program. On Unix-like systems, this is accomplished with the exec system call.
- An overlay is a poker term generally used to describe the gap between a poker tournaments guaranteed prize pool and the actual prize pool generated by entrants. ...
- In a general computing sense, overlaying means "replacement of a block of stored instructions or data with another" Overlaying is a programming method that allows programs to be larger than the central processing unit's main memory. ...
- A concurrency, overlap, or coincidence in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers. When it is two freeways that share the same right-of-way, it is sometimes called a common section or commons.
