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Overprint
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- 1 The addition of new text on a previously printed stamp, usually to add a surcharge or change the face value.
- 2 something added by overprinting wordnet
- 3 The set of petrological, structural, and/or mineralogical characteristics superimposed onto rock by the action of geological processes over deep time, by analogy with the original sense of the word.
"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, implying that similar laminae cannot be unambiguously associated with the concept of a flourishing Paleoarchean microbial life at 3.22 Ga."
- 1 To print over what has already been printed.
"This is the way overprinting works on the ZX Spectrum: two papers or two inks give a paper, one of each gives an ink. This has the interesting property that if you overprint with the same thing twice you get back what you started off with."
- 2 print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper wordnet
- 3 To add an overprint to (a stamp). transitive
- 4 To print too many copies of. transitive
"The unpopular comic book was overprinted, leaving many retailers with dozens of unsaleable copies."
- 5 To overlap different colours to avoid gaps.
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- 6 To superimpose a new set of petrological, structural, and/or mineralogical characteristics onto rock by the action of geological processes over deep time, by analogy with the original sense of the word.
"Furthermore, these rocks are overprinted by seafloor weathering, which provides a challenge to reconstructing serpentinization processes."
Etymology
From over- + print.
From over- + print.
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