Usually means: Smoothing surfaces by sliding friction.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. lapping: Merriam-Webster
  2. lapping, lapping: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lapping: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lapping: Vocabulary.com
  5. Lapping, lapping: Wordnik
  6. lapping: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. lapping: Wiktionary
  8. Lapping, lapping: Dictionary.com
  9. lapping: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Lapping: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Lapping: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. lapping: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. lapping: Rhymezone
  14. Lapping: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. lapping: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. lapping: FreeDictionary.org
  17. lapping: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. lapping: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. lapping: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  4. lapping: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lapping: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lapping: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lapping: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lapping: Easton Bible

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lapping: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lapping: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Lapping: A to Z of Terms related to the Thermal Spray Process and Surface Engineering

(Note: See lap as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (lapping)

noun:  A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.
noun:  The process of forming a lap or fleece of fibrous material for the carding-machine.
noun:  The rubbing or polishing of a metal surface.
noun:  (accounting) A form of fraud in which payments in the accounts are repeatedly delayed between periods, or diverted between customers, to conceal a theft.
noun:  (firearms) The process of rubbing away the lands, or metal between the grooves of a rifled gun, to increase the bore.
noun:  (lutherie) Lengths of fine silk, metal wire, or whalebone wrapped tightly around the stick of the bow of a string instrument adjacent to the leather part of the bow grip at the heel.
noun:  The gentle, rhythmic sound of water splashing against a solid surface.

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