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Definition of Overshoots
1. overshoot [v] - See also: overshoot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overshoots
Literary usage of Overshoots
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1908)
"... series gaps of the instrument to the earth, pours out the entire charge to
earth, overshoots the zero potential, and leaves the line oppositely charged. ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1891)
"When the crisis comes, the temperature tries to fall to normal, but overshoots
the mark, and as a consequence remains subnormal for several days. ..."
3. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"If, however, the constraint is suddenly removed, then, owing to inertia of the
mercury, it overshoots the position of equilibrium and oscillations are ..."
4. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy by John Ambrose Fleming (1908)
"If then the valve in the pipe is opened, air rushes from the full to the empty
vessel, but owing to its inertia it overshoots the mark, and after equalizing ..."
5. The Principles of Electric Wave Telegraphy and Telephony by John Ambrose Fleming (1919)
"If then the valve in the pipe is opened, air rushes from the full to the empty
vessel, but owing to its inertia it overshoots the mark, and after equalizing ..."
6. Oecd Economic Surveys: Norway 2007 by Oecd (2007)
"Budget and expenditure policy • Undershoot the fiscal rule in 2007 if tax overshoots
emerge again by mid-year and then over the medium-term (2008-2011) ..."
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