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1Overlay — may refer to: Overlay architecture, term used to describe ‘event architecture’ and relates to the temporary elements that supplement existing buildings and infrastructure to enable the operation of major sporting events or festivals. Overlay… …
2Overlay — bezeichnet einen Netzwerktyp, siehe Overlay Netzwerk eine Einlagefüllung zur Versorgung eines Zahns. Ähnlich wie ein Inlay, nur mit zusätzlicher Überkuppelung der Zahnaussenfläche. Techniken um Videos auf Computermonitoren anzeigen zu können,… …
3overlay — Ⅰ. overlay UK US /ˌəʊvəˈleɪ/ verb [T] (overlaying, overlaid, overlaid) ► to cover something with a layer of something else: »Sticky tracing paper overlaid on street maps lets travelers chart their course again and again. overlay sth with sth »By… …
4overlay — overlay, overlie 1. The addition of the prefix over makes both verbs transitive (i.e. take an object) and therefore they do not entirely correspond to the grammatical functions of lay and lie. The past tense and past participle of overlay is… …
5Overlay — O ver*lay , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Overlaid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overlaying}.] 1. To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon. [1913 Webster] When any country is overlaid by the multitude… …
6Overlay — [dt. »Überlagerung«], ein Verfahren, bestimmte Bereiche des Arbeitsspeichers (z. B. Teile eines Programms oder einer Datei) geschlossen in eine Datei, eine sog. Overlay Datei, auszulagern. Die Overlay Technik wurde ursprünglich entwickelt, um …
7overlay — overlay, superpose, superimpose, appliqué can all mean to add one thing to another by placing the former upon or over the latter. Overlay usually implies covering with another material or substance, sometimes thinly (as with a wash, glaze, or… …
8overlay — [ō΄vər lā′; ] also, and for n.always [, ō′vər lā΄] vt. overlaid, overlaying 1. to lay or spread over 2. to cover or overspread, as with a decorative layer of something 3. Printing to place an overlay upon n. 1. anything laid over another thing;… …
9Overlay — O ver*lay , n. 1. A covering. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. (Printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place. [1913 Webster] 3. (Computers) A subroutine which… …
10overlay — index overcome (overwhelm), overlap Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
