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overshoot
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overshoot
a momentary excessive response of an electrical or mechanical system

overshoot [′ō·vər‚shüt]
(electromagnetism)
The reception of microwave signals where they were not intended, due to an unusual atmospheric condition that sets up variations in the index of refraction.
(engineering)
An initial transient response to a unidirectional change in input which exceeds the steady-state response.
The maximum amount by which this transient response exceeds the steady-state response.


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The minutes from the June meeting didn't say why Thomas Hoenig, the mild-mannered inflation hawk who heads the Kansas City Fed, voted with Greenspan after having said just two months earlier that he was concerned that the Fed was in danger of overshooting the mark.
Other approaches to overcome the physical edge of the trackpad force the user to think in 'joystick mode,' slowly steering the cursor and constantly overshooting the mark.
 
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