overtaking

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of overtake

noun

  1. The act by which one thing overtakes another.
    Figure 3.12 shows the number of overtakings as a function of the density of the vehicles. In general, the smaller the number of overtakings, the safer the traffic. 2007, Majid Ali Khan, Coalition Formation and Teamwork in Embodied Agents, page 61

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