nonoverlapping
adjective
non·over·lap·ping
ˌnän-ˌō-vər-ˈla-piŋ 
: not overlapping: such as
a
: not occupying the same area in part
The long, cylindrical body of a gar is covered with hard, diamond-shaped, nonoverlapping scales.—
Steve Pollick
Steve Pollick
b
: entirely separate or distinct
nonoverlapping interests
… two separate and nonoverlapping domains of human thought …—Marc Gellman
Marc GellmanExamples of nonoverlapping in a Sentence
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The situation is only slightly different in Europe, where 13 channels allow for still just three nonoverlapping channels at a time, and in Japan, where 14 channels allow for four nonoverlapping channels.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2016
Of the 30 nonoverlapping three-year periods from 1929 to the end of his presidency, Trump’s periods ranked in the bottom third.
—Abc News, ABC News, 18 July 2024
Nevertheless, astronomers who study stars and those who study gas work in largely nonoverlapping communities.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
This might look like, for instance, covering a curved surface by tiling it with octagons so that there aren’t any gaps between the shapes, which are nonoverlapping.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 6 Dec. 2023
Among those, there is probably only a single person who will be discovered almost exclusively by two generally nonoverlapping groups: avid readers of the corpus of Noam Chomsky, and members of the Marine Corps.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
If there are several two-dimensional and nonoverlapping wheels, or disks, of equal size, can they all be wrapped (connected) with a taut conveyor belt, such that the belt touches all the wheels but doesn’t intersect itself?
—Siobhan Roberts, New York Times, 25 June 2021
Doing this across millions of people has meant dividing and polarizing populations into nonoverlapping views of reality.
—Christopher Mims, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2018
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2016
Of the 30 nonoverlapping three-year periods from 1929 to the end of his presidency, Trump’s periods ranked in the bottom third.
—Abc News, ABC News, 18 July 2024
Nevertheless, astronomers who study stars and those who study gas work in largely nonoverlapping communities.
—Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
This might look like, for instance, covering a curved surface by tiling it with octagons so that there aren’t any gaps between the shapes, which are nonoverlapping.
—Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 6 Dec. 2023
Among those, there is probably only a single person who will be discovered almost exclusively by two generally nonoverlapping groups: avid readers of the corpus of Noam Chomsky, and members of the Marine Corps.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
If there are several two-dimensional and nonoverlapping wheels, or disks, of equal size, can they all be wrapped (connected) with a taut conveyor belt, such that the belt touches all the wheels but doesn’t intersect itself?
—Siobhan Roberts, New York Times, 25 June 2021
Doing this across millions of people has meant dividing and polarizing populations into nonoverlapping views of reality.
—Christopher Mims, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2018
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“Nonoverlapping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonoverlapping. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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