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Definition: Overshoot |
OvershootNoun1. An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt. Verb1. Shoot beyond or over (a target). 2. Aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overshoot" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | The amount by which axis motion exceeds the target value. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The amplitude of the first maximum excursion of a pulse beyond the 100% amplitude level expressed as a percentage of this 100% amplitude. Source: European Union. (references) |
| In powersupplies: A transient rise beyond regulated output limits, occurring when the alternating-current power input is turned on or off, and for line or load step changes. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The maximum transient deviation from the final steady-state value of the output variable, expressed in percentage of the difference between the final and the original steady-state values. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Difference between the extreme transient indicated value and the steady-state value in response to a step change of the measured quantity. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Military | A phase of flight wherein a landing approach of an aircraft is not continued to touchdown. See also go around mode. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In telecommunication, the term overshoot has the following meanings:1. In the transition of any parameter from one value to another, the transitory value of the parameter that exceeds the final value.
Note: Overshoot occurs when the transition is from a lower value to a higher value. When the transition is from a higher value to a lower value, and the parameter takes a transitory value that is lower than the final value, the phenomenon is called "undershoot."
2. The increased amplitude of a portion of a nonsinusoidal waveform, i.e. signal, at the output of a nonlinear circuit, e.g. a realizable amplifier, caused by the characteristics of the circuit.
Note 1: Overshoot causes distortion of the signal.
Note 2: Overshoot may result from circuit design parameters that are intended to decrease the response time of the circuit.
Note 3: The amount of overshoot in a given circuit is designed to minimize response time while maintaining distortion of the signal within acceptable limits. The absence or presence of overshoot, and if present, its magnitude, is a function of a circuit design parameter called "damping." See illustration under waveform.
3. The result of an unusual atmospheric, e.g., ionospheric, condition that causes microwave signals to be received where they are not intended.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Overshoot."
Synonyms: OvershootSynonyms: go-around (n), wave-off (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: undershoot (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Outdo; overdo, overact, overlay, overshoot the mark; make a toil of a pleasure. |
Exaggeration | Verb: exaggerate, magnify, pile up, aggravate; amplify; (expand); overestimate; hyperbolize; overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise; make over much, over the most of; strain, strain over a point; stretch, stretch a point; go great lengths; spin a long yarn; draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow; deal in the marvelous. |
Redundancy | Verb: superabound, overabound; know no bounds, swarm; meet one at every turn; creep with, crawl with, bristle with; overflow; run over, flow over, well over, brim over; run riot; overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload, overdo, overwhelm, overshoot the mark; (go beyond); surcharge, supersaturate, gorge, glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flood; drug, drug the market; hepatize. |
Transcursion | Overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark; outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo; beat, beat hollow; distance; leave in the lurch, leave in the rear; throw into the shade; exceed, transcend, surmount; soar; (rise). |
Unskillfulness | Verb: be unskillful; Adjective: not see an inch beyond one's nose; blunder, bungle, boggle, fumble, botch, bitch, flounder, stumble, trip; hobble; put one's foot in it; make a mess of, make hash of, make sad work of; overshoot the mark. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Overshoot |
| English words defined with "overshoot": Overshooting. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "overshoot": DANGLING NODE ♦ whiter-than-white. (references) |
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| "Overshoot" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 63.64% of the time. "Overshoot" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 63.64% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 36.36% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Total | 100.00% | 55 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "overshoot": overshoot distortion ♦ overshoot one self ♦ overshoot oneself ♦ overshoot the mark ♦ overshoot the runway ♦ overshoot value ♦ pragmatic overshoot ♦ To overshoot one's self. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
overshoot | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "overshoot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | qëlloj përtej shenjës, qëlloj më mirë se, ia kaloj (anticipate, distance, do, fare, hand down, outclass, outdo, outrange, outrank, outrun, outstrip, overbalance, overmatch, refer, surpass, turn over). (various references) | |
Arabic | تخطى المدرج, تخطى (bestride, encroach, encroachment, exceed, go beyond, outrun, overpass, overreach, overstep, overtake, run over, skip, surpass, transgress, tread over), إجتاز (accomplish, cover, cross, detour, go over, navigate, outdistance, overpass, pound, pull through, rise, roll by, traverse, voyage, walk). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отивам твърде далече, намалявам дивеч поради ловуване, надхвърлям (exceed, overreach, override, overrun), прекалявам (overdo, put it on). (various references) | |
Chinese | 超越 (Overshooting, Overshot, transcend, Transcended, Transcending). (various references) | |
Czech | přestřelit, přeletìt (cross, go across, go over, overfly). (various references) | |
Danish | oversving (overshoot value, overswing, ringing), skyde over (go around). (various references) | |
Dutch | overshoot (overshoot value), uitzwaai (overshoot value), doorzwaai, doorslingering (overswing), doorslag (bleed through, bleeding, breakdown, chimney, discharge failure, disruption, disruptive breakdown, disruptive discharge, drop-hole, electric breakdown, incline, incline shaft, mandrel, punch, puncher, puncture, turning pin), doorschot. (various references) | |
Farsi | پرت شدن (Cropper), خطاکردن (Bunlge, Err, Goof, Miss, Sin), ازحدخارج شدن , بالاترزدن . (various references) | |
Finnish | ylitys (crossing, overdraft), muuttujan arvon ylitys (overshoot value). (various references) | |
French | overshoot, taux de dépassement, suroscillation (overswing), sur-dépassement, surdépassement, remise de gaz, enjamber (overstep, set over, stride over), dépasser (overhaul, overpass, overrun, overstep, overtake, run over, tread over), dépassement (overtaking), amplitude de surréglage (overshoot value), amplitude de suroscillation. (various references) | |
German | vorbeischießen (Miss, shoot by, shoot past, shoot wide), Ueberschwingweite (overshoot value), Ueberschwinger (overswing), hinausschießen über (go too far), durchstarten (rev up), Überschwingweite, Überschwingen (ringing), übertreffen (beat, better, do better than, exceed, excel, go beyond, improve on, improve upon, outclass, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outrange, outstrip, surpass, to excel, to outclass, to outnumber, to outrange, to surpass, top, transcend). (various references) | |
Greek | πυροβολώ πέρα του στοχού, υπέρβαση (excess, transgression), υπερέξαρση, υπερακόντιση, υπερακοντίζω (excel, surpass). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לירות מעבר למטר", ל"חטיא את "מטר" (miscarry), "חטאת מטר". (various references) | |
Hungarian | túloz (exaggerate, magnify, overact, overdo, overdraw, to aggravate, to camp it up, to cut it fat, to draw the long bow, to exaggerate, to overstate, to pile it on, to put the pot on, to romance, to stretch), túlhalad (overshot, to overshoot, to pass, to top), baklövést csinál (balk), átstartolás. (various references) | |
Indonesian | terlanjur (rash, too far, too late), meleset, melampaui (outstep), luput (not on target, slipped away). (various references) | |
Italian | oltrepassare (cross, exceed, go beyond, outrun, overhaul, overreach, overrun, overstep, pass), tirare troppo lungo, sparare al di l del bersaglio, sovraoscillazione (ringing), sovraelongazione (overswing), sbagliare la mira, lanciare troppo alto, andare oltre, ampiezza di surregolazione (overshoot value). (various references) | |
Manx | roie ass, ceau erskyn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | overshootay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ultrapassar (better, break, cross, distance, exceed, excel, get out, go beyond, outbalance, outbid, outclass, outdistance, outdo, outgo, outlive, outmarch, outpace, outrun, outstrip, out-top, outvie, overhaul, overpass, overreach, override, overtake, overtop, pass by, surpass, transcend, transfer, transgress, whop), ultrapassagem (overdrive, override), taxa de excesso, sobreelongação, ir além de (override, surpass), errar o tiro, dizimar a caça, atirar além de, amplitude de sobreregulacao (overshoot value). (various references) | |
Romanian | trage mai bine decât, se abate de la, nu nimeri în ţintã, nu nimeri (Miss), greşi ţinta, greşi (be in error, be mistaken, do wrong to smb., err, fail, make a mistake, Miss, mistake, nod, sin, slip, stand in error, transgress, trespass), depãşi (beat, better, defy, exceed, Excel, forereach, get ahead of, go by, head, outdo, outreach, outrun, outstep, outstrip, overmatch, overreach, overrun, overtake, pass, surpass, top, transcend, transgress), întrece mãsurã în. (various references) | |
Russian | отклонение (aberration, change, declension, deflection, departure, derivation, deviation, digression, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, error, excursion, inclination, lead, rejection, run-away, variation), промахнуться (blunder), преувеличить (exaggerate), превышать (exceed, exceeded, go beyond, outreach, stretch, surpass, take over, top, transcend). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | preleteti (fly over, scan), preletanje (flyover, flypast, pass, wave off), prebaciti (switch, throw over, transfer, transport). (various references) | |
Spanish | tasa de exceso, sobreexceso, sobreelongación, pasar de la raya, exceso (excess, extra, glut, overage, overplus, redundance, redundancy, surfeit, surplus), excederse (excel oneself, excess, overdo, overreach oneself), amplitud de sobrerregulación (overshoot value). (various references) | |
Swedish | taxa för långt på, skjuta över, missa (foozle, fumble, lose, miss, muff, nod off), köra för långt på, flyga för långt för att kunna landa på, översvängning (overshoot value, ringing), översväng. (various references) | |
Turkish | ileriye atmak, hedefi aşırmak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стріляти краще від когось (outshoot), не влучити, промахнутися (blunder, boss, muff), пролетіти мимо цілі, перевершувати (bang, beggar, better, go beyond, outbalance, outgo, outray, outreach, out-top, overpass, overpeer, overtop, surpass, transcend), перевищувати (exceed, outreach, out-top, overdraw, overrun, overtop, preponderate). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "overshoot": overshooting, overshoots. (additional references) | |
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"Overshoot" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eversholt, overhot, oversheet, Versloot. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "overshoot" (pronounced ō"vershuw't) |
| 3 | -sh uw' t | crapshoot, offshoot, parachute. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-o-o-o-r-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: overshot. | |
-2 letters: hooters, overhot, reshoot, sheroot, shooter, soother. | |
-3 letters: hooter, hooves, horste, hovers, others, reshot, shover, shrove, soothe, stover, strove, throes, throve, torose, troves, voters. | |
-4 letters: ethos, heros, hoers, hoots, horse, horst, hover, ortho, other, overs, overt, roose, roost, roots, roset, rotes, rotos, roves, servo, shoer, shoot, shore, short, shote, shove, sooth, store, stove. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-o-o-o-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: overshoots. | |
+3 letters: overshooting. | |
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