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overshoot
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Word definitions for overshoot in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overshoot \O`ver*shoot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overshot ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting .] To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark; to overshoot the green in golf. ``Not to overshoot his game.'' --South. Hence: To go beyond an ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Overshoot is the unintended reception of microwave signals in microwave communication , occurring as a result of an unusual ionospheric conditions.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt [syn: wave-off , go-around ] v. shoot beyond or over (a target) [ant: undershoot ] aim too high; "The plan overshoots its aim" [also: overshot ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., "to shoot, run, or pass beyond (a point or limit)," over- + shoot (v.). Related: Overshot ; overshooting .
Usage examples of overshoot.
By reducing our diving speed we make it easier for the flak to bring us down, especially as if we do not overshoot we cannot climb so fast after the dive.
The goal is to find the hand of your partner, who plucks the spear out of the air before it can overshoot its mark.
Pathfinder Backers-Up were ordered to overshoot existing markers by two or three seconds.
He wondered ironically if someone was going to raise hell because GCD had not asked permission to overshoot on 320.
At Norton Wold they would not have to ask the control tower for permission to approach and overshoot on a runway.
The next moment, he had skittered out of the formation which had slowed to let the Kyben craft overshoot, while the Earthmen decelerated to pick up maneuverability.
In her rush to reach the present, there was a slight overshoot, a small spike beyond her time, just to where she might have diverged again.
He could not disavow that they had been marked, and with an object, and he was distressed by the unwonted want of wisdom through which he had been drawn to overshoot his object.
At the end of the period of greenhouse heating, there was an overshoot of the return to normal, as the whole biosphere and its ruined biosystems strove for adjustment.
I got the prow of the Zodiac right up in my face, waited for the Cigarette to overshoot me, then threw myself up over the nose and into the boat.
Most crews had little choice but to orbit above their home airfields, waiting their turn to land, but delayed from doing so by the numerous overshoots as other pilots felt their way gingerly down through the cloud.
The cars disappeared into the distance, overshooting as she skimmed the iron vein.
He must be stopped well before he got there, to prevent overshooting to the left.
On the usual training approaches, that order was given but not acted upon, because the aircraft would be overshooting without attempting to land.
How long had it been, thought Alan, since they had turned back on their course after overshooting the runway?