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Meaning of "overlie"
Overlie (verb) - to lie over or upon something, especially when referring to rock layers or bedding planes in geology
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- To lie over or upon
- To suffocate by lying upon
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These patterns may overlie the photograph.
The penetrable layer is configured to receive an impactor and overlie the liner.
These areas also overlie the continental shelf.
The two plates are preferably placed to overlie each other.
The slits overlie the windows.
A foil attaches to the collar to overlie the spout.
Small craters overlie the southeastern and southwestern rims.
Nonmarine fluvial deposits overlie the shoreface.
These bones overlie the parietal lobes of the brain.
The interlocking fingers overlie the channel.
These rocks overlie the lower formation across an abrupt conformable to disconformable contact.
Three smaller craters overlie the northern rim.
Retinal vessels are noted to increase in caliber and tortuosity as they overlie the mass.
Thus a cover plate may overlie the first set of blades.
These channels ventilate the space between the aluminium strips and the tiles which overlie them.
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However the yard remains do overlie earlier structures.
Each insert may overlie a respective horizontally positioned deck board in the base layer.
Glaciofluvial deposits overlie the area.
A coverplate can overlie said rails and retain said magnets in said bores.
These more easily erodible rocks overlie interstratal karst.
The battens may overlie the strips or the strips may overlie the battens.
Focal seizures may be caused by meningiomas that overlie the cerebrum.
The sequence appears to overlie some thrust faults and to be cut by others.
The plots for the two densities overlie one another.
Both residual ice caps overlie thick layered deposits of interbedded ice and dust.
Risk of water inflow where major aquifers overlie the worked coal seam.
The second caul may overlie the first portion of the caul and the radius edge.
The wearstrip extends outward from the attachment collar to overlie a group of consecutive rollers.
The arms of the spool overlie ramps on the rear end of the adapter legs.
Note that the zone of correct information does not necessarily always overlie a centered read head.
The peripheral wall may overlie opposite end regions of the strips.
Mary Overlie is among the most influential figures in the current American dance history.
The abrasive grains and make coat overlie a polyester backing.
These overlie an irregular surface developed on Pleistocene drift.
The diamictites are highly compacted and overlie stratified diamictites and mudrocks.
These overlie archeological shell midden deposits, evidence of previous village habitation.
A microwave energy interactive element may overlie at least a portion of the central portion.
Alternatively, the strip may be attached to the body and overlie the cap.
The arms of the spool overlie the rear end of the adapter legs.
There is an unconformity where the Karoo rocks of the basin overlie much older rocks.
The heater mount may directly overlie the second portion of the heating element.
The module 2 is formed by a plurality of layers which overlie one another.
A plurality of respective lower graphics overlie the flexible membrane and underlie the form cutouts.
They overlie each other to a considerable extent, for at least half their respective areas.
The sheetlike element and terminals may overlie a front surface of the chip.
These lavas overlie steeply dipping Silurian sedimentary rocks.
Thus a shape forming flap mean will always overlie two adjacent intermediate flap means.
These overlie oil and natural gas deposits, especially north of the Los Bajos Fault.
The cells of the outer layer partially overlie the adjacent cells of the inner layer.
The edge and interior are not notably eroded, and no significant craters overlie this feature.
