Associations to the word «Onlap»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

ONLAP, noun. (geology) The phenomenon of successively younger rock strata extending progressively further across an erosion surface cut in older rocks.
ONLAP, verb. (geology) To form an onlap.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.