overstrike
- Noun. (computing, uncountable) overtype (feature where input replaces existing characters instead of being inserted before them).
- Noun. (typography) The printing of otherwise unavailable characters by printing one character over another, as ''-'' on top of ''L'' to produce ''Ł''.
- Noun. (numismatics) The slightly doubled image on a coin which has been coined more than once.
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