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Definition of Overshoot
1. Noun. An approach that fails and gives way to another attempt.
2. Verb. Shoot beyond or over (a target).
3. Verb. Aim too high. "The plan overshoots its aim"
Definition of Overshoot
1. v. t. To shoot over or beyond.
2. v. i. To fly beyond the mark.
Definition of Overshoot
1. [v -SHOT, -SHOOTING, -SHOOTS]
Medical Definition of Overshoot
1. 1. Generally, any initial change, in response to a sudden step change in some factor, that is greater than the steady-state response to the new level of that factor; common in systems in which inertia or a time lag in negative feedback outweighs any damping that may be present. Changes in a negative direction are sometimes distinguished by the term undershoot, and the two may alternate in an oscillatory fashion, as in the transient oscillations of a pendulum when released from an initial displacement. 2. Momentary reversal of the membrane potential of a cell (inside becoming positive rather than negative relative to the outside) during an action potential; considered a form of overshoot because, before discovery of overshoot, excitation was thought merely to depolarise the membrane to zero transmembrane potential. (05 Mar 2000)
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