overtaking

overtaking

1. present participle of overtake

overtaking (plural overtakings)

1. The act by which one thing overtakes another.
   • 2007, Majid Ali Khan, Coalition Formation and Teamwork in Embodied Agents, page 61:

     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.

   Antonym: undertaking (passing a vehicle on the curbside)

• taking over