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overshoot::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | go-around, wave-off |
| Type of | landing approach |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | draw a bead on, shoot for, aspire, aim |
| Has types | overrun |
The plan overshoots its aim.
Examples of overshoot
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Customers have told store staff they sometimes overshoot the building, she said.
From the dailyherald.com
One other factor may cause the yen to overshoot on the downside against the won.
From the economist.com
It's up 6.3% this year alone and currencies invariably overshoot in the market.
From the businessweek.com
Additionally, the downhill angle of the hill caused the Loyalists to overshoot.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It would, of course, be safer to overshoot slightly than to fail to reach the rim.
From the newscientist.com
When he commenced the overshoot the copilot moved all the throttles to full power.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Peter Karow's Digital Typefaces suggests that typical overshoot is about 1.5%.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Anything that reduces the UK's debt overshoot ought to be welcomed by the markets.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
The most worrisome is that caused by our ongoing overshoot in climate gas emissions.
From the timesunion.com
- An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt
- Shoot beyond or over (a target)
- Aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim"
- In aviation, an overshoot is an aborted landing. See: Go-around and Runway safety area.
- In ecology, overshoot occurs when a population exceeds the long term carrying capacity of its environment. The consequence of overshoot is called a crash or die-off.' The classic application of this concept to human experience is , by William R. Catton, Jr. ...
- In microwave communication, overshoot refers to reception of microwave signals where they are not intended as a result of an unusual atmospheric, e.g., ionospheric, conditions.
- Bird migration is the regular seasonal journey undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather. ...
- In signal processing, control theory, electronics, and mathematics, overshoot is when a signal or function exceeds its steady-state value. It arises especially in the step response of bandlimited systems such as low-pass filters. ...
- In typeface design, the overshoot of a round or pointed capital letter (like O or A) is the degree to which it extends higher or lower than a comparably sized "flat" letter (like X or H), to achieve an optical effect of being the same size.
