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overshoot
[ verb oh-ver-shoot; noun oh-ver-shoot ]
verb (used with object)
The missile overshot its target.
- to pass or go by or beyond (a point, limit, etc.):
to overshoot a stop sign.
- to shoot or pour down over:
turbulent water overshooting the top of the dam.
- to overreach (oneself or itself); go further than is intended or proper; go too far:
It looked as though his self-confidence had overshot itself.
- (of an aircraft or pilot) to fly too far along (a landing strip) in attempting to land.
verb (used without object)
- to fly or go beyond.
- to shoot over or above a mark.
noun
- a shooting beyond a specified point or target:
two overshoots in the missile test series.
- the amount of excessive distance in a trajectory or route:
a two-mile overshoot on the artillery range.
overshoot
/ ˌəʊəˈʃː /
verb
- to shoot or go beyond (a mark or target)
- to cause (an aircraft) to fly or taxi too far along (a runway) during landing or taking off, or (of an aircraft) to fly or taxi too far along a runway
- tr to pass swiftly over or down over, as water over a wheel
noun
- an act or instance of overshooting
- the extent of such overshooting
- a momentary excessive response of an electrical or mechanical system
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of overshoot1
Example Sentences
Don't overshoot the mark on the crust and accidentally let the interior temp. get away from you.
A runway safety area refers to an area adjacent to, or at the end of a runway, meant to limit damage to aircraft should they overshoot, undershoot or veer off the runway.
Alex Kerr, UK economist at Capital Economics, said against the backdrop of sluggish economic growth and high interest rates, "December's overshoot in borrowing is further disappointing news for the chancellor".
Upon taking office in July, new chancellor Rachel Reeves had announced there was a £22bn annual overshoot in public spending that had not previously been known about.
The team behind the new study uncovered one other interesting phenomenon: that some tipping points have an "overshoot window."
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