überlappend

Überlappend is a German adjective and adverb describing the property of overlapping in space or time. It is used to characterize objects, events, or regions whose extents share some common part, such as intervals, time windows, or geographical areas that intersect.

Etymology and form: The term is formed from the prefix über- (over) combined with the verb überlappen (to overlap). In usage, the present participle form is usually überlappend, with the attributive form often realized as überlappende in phrases like überlappende Intervalle.

Usage: In mathematics and computer science, überlappend describes intervals, time windows, or memory regions whose intersection is non-empty. In scheduling, it refers to tasks that run concurrently. In geography or cartography, map regions can be überlappend. In linguistics or natural-language processing, overlapping features or segments may also be described as überlappend.

Examples: Die Intervalle [0, 4] und [3, 7] sind überlappend. Die überlappenden Fenster im Layout verursachen eine Überlappung der Inhalte. In der Kartografie kann ein überlappendes Kartenlayer mehrere GIS-Ebenen überdecken.

Siehe auch: Überlappung, Überschneidung, Schnittmenge, Intervall, Zeitfenster.