Overshoot may refer to:
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Overshoot (population)
In environmental science, the concept of overshoot means demand in excess of regeneration. It can apply to animal populations and people. Environmental science studies to what extent human populations through their resource consumption have risen ...
, when a population exceeds the environment's carrying capacity
** ''
Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change'', 1980 book by
William R. Catton, Jr.
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Overshoot (signal)
In signal processing, control theory, electronics, and mathematics, overshoot is the occurrence of a signal or function exceeding its target. Undershoot is the same phenomenon in the opposite direction. It arises especially in the step response o ...
, when a signal exceeds its steady state value
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Overshoot (microwave communication), unintended reception of microwave signals
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Overshoot (migration), when migratory birds end up further than intended
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Overshoot (typography)
In typeface design, the overshoot of a round or pointed letter (like O or A) is the degree to which it extends higher or lower than a comparably sized "flat" letter (like X or H), to achieve an optical effect of being the same size; it compensate ...
the degree to which a letter dips below the baseline, or exceeds the cap height
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Overshoot (combat aviation), a key concept in basic fighter maneuvers (BFM)
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Overshoot (epidemiology), when the proportion of a population infected exceeds the herd immunity threshold
* In economics, the
overshooting model
The overshooting model, or the exchange rate overshoot hypothesis, first developed by economist Rudi Dornbusch, is a theoretical explanation for high levels of exchange rate volatility. The key features of the model include the assumptions that goo ...
for the volatility of exchange rates
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