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Overleaf

Overleaf, also known as Overleaf.com, is a cloud-based real-time collaborative LaTeX editor created in 2011, owned by Digital Science, and widely used for academic writing.

Overline

Overline: a horizontal line above text. Covers Unicode U+0305 COMBINING OVERLINE (added 1993) and U+033F, spacing U+203E and U+00AF, connecting behavior, and uses such as the mathematical vinculum and Coptic numerals.

Overlock

An overlock, also called merrow stitching, is a machine stitch that wraps thread around a fabric edge to prevent fraying while the seam is sewn.

Overlord (2007 video game)

Overlord (2007) is an action RPG by Triumph Studios, published by Codemasters, in which a villain protagonist commands goblin minion hordes from a Dark Tower; Metacritic 76, spawned Raising Hell and Overlord II.

Overlord (2018 film)

Overlord is a 2018 American action-horror war film directed by Julius Avery, in which American paratroopers on the eve of D-Day discover Nazi experiments producing undead super-soldiers.

Overlord (novel series)

Overlord (オーバーロード) is Kugane Maruyama's dark fantasy light novel series illustrated by so-bin, begun as a 2010 web novel and printed by Enterbrain from 2012; Yen Press publishes it in English, and it ends at volume 18.

Overly Attached Girlfriend

Overly Attached Girlfriend (OAG) is a 2012 advice-animal meme of YouTuber Laina Morris's wide-eyed stare from a Justin Bieber "Boyfriend" parody; first macrod by Redditor yeahhtoast, it fueled her 1.2M-subscriber channel and a $411,000 NFT sale.

Overly Dedicated

Overly Dedicated (O(verly) D(edicated), O.D.) is Kendrick Lamar's fourth solo mixtape, released September 14, 2010 via Top Dawg Entertainment; his first full-length under his real name, 14 tracks, preceding Section.80.

Overmolding

Overmolding is an injection molding process in which a material such as rubbery TPE is molded onto a rigid part, adding grip or sealing without adhesives.

Overnight indexed swap

An overnight indexed swap (OIS) is an interest rate swap exchanging a fixed rate for a floating rate compounded from overnight rates like SOFR, SONIA, or €STR.

Overpass myth

The overpass myth, also known as the tornado overpass myth, is the mistaken belief that highway overpasses provide safe shelter from tornadoes, a practice weather agencies warn against.

Overpopulation

Overpopulation: the condition of human numbers exceeding an environment's carrying capacity. Debated since Malthus (1798); UN WPP 2024 projects a peak of 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s, then decline to 10.2 billion by 2100.

Overpotential

Overpotential, symbol η, is the extra voltage beyond the thermodynamic requirement needed to drive an electrode reaction at a given rate, and the main benchmark for comparing electrocatalysts.

Overpressure (geology)

Overpressure, also called geopressure, is fluid pressure in a sedimentary basin exceeding hydrostatic pressure at a given depth. It is a drilling hazard behind many well blowouts.

Overpressure ammunition

Overpressure ammunition, marked +P, is commercially loaded ammunition whose pressure exceeds the cartridge's standard maximum; SAAMI standardized it in 1974, with unstandardized +P+ above it.

Overpressure round

An overpressure round is a cartridge loaded to a chamber pressure higher than standard for its caliber, identified in the United States by the designations +P and +P+.

Overproduction

Overproduction is the production of goods beyond effective demand, with surplus absorbed as inventory or exports below full cost; in steel, global overcapacity is expected to reach 721 million tonnes by 2027.

Override (2026 film)

Override (2026 film) refers to Jordan Downey's sci-fi thriller starring Maria Bakalova and Frank Grillo, in production since November 2025, sold by Capture; distinct from the 2020 Override and the Merkulova-Chupov thriller of the same name.

Overruled and superseded Supreme Court of Canada decisions

A list of Supreme Court of Canada decisions overruled or superseded by later panels, over 500 in total, covering cases like Rodriguez, the labor trilogy, and the Bedford framework.

Oversampling (machine learning)

Oversampling is a data-level technique for imbalanced classification that adds minority-class samples by duplicating or synthesizing them; the best-known method, SMOTE, interpolates between neighboring samples and was introduced in 2002.

Overseas campaign of Manishtushu against Magan

The overseas campaign of Manishtushu against Magan was a naval expedition by Manishtushu, king of Akkad (c. 2269–2255 BC), who defeated 32 cities across the Persian Gulf and shipped black stone to Agade.

Overseas Chinese (海外华人)

Overseas Chinese (海外华人), also called the Chinese diaspora or Huaqiao/Huaren, are people of Chinese origin living outside mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Estimates range from 10.7 million migrants to 60 million with descendants; the United States is the top destination.

Overseas Citizenship of India

Overseas Citizenship of India is a registration status for foreign citizens of Indian origin. It grants a lifelong visa and economic rights but does not confer Indian citizenship.

Overseas collectivity

Overseas collectivity (collectivité d'outre-mer, COM): French territorial collectivity under Article 74 of the Constitution, created 28 March 2003; covers Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, French Polynesia, and Wallis-et-Futuna, with adapted or excepted application of national law.

Overseas Filipinos

Overseas Filipinos, called the Filipino diaspora or Global Filipinos, are Filipinos living and working abroad, a diaspora the World Bank places at over 12 million.

Overseas France

Overseas France (France d'outre-mer): territories outside metropolitan Europe under DROM, COM, New Caledonia, and TAAF statuses, partly EU outermost regions or overseas countries and territories.

Overseas Highway

The Overseas Highway, also known as the Florida Keys Scenic Highway, is the 126-mile segment of U.S. 1 from Florida City to Key West and the Keys' only road link to the mainland.

Overseas military bases of India

Overseas military bases of India: India maintains no permanent foreign military bases, relying instead on logistics agreements (LEMOA with the US, France 2018), the Agaléga facility in Mauritius, Chabahar port access in Iran, and Mission Based Deployments.

Overseas Railroad

The Overseas Railroad, also known as Flagler's Folly, carried trains from Homestead across the Florida Keys to Key West, opening in 1912 and ending after the 1935 hurricane.

Overseas Service Bar

The Overseas Service Bar, or Overseas Chevron, is a US Army right-sleeve patch, one bar for each six months of service in designated overseas operations.