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 rise ...
, when a population exceeds the environment's carrying capacity
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Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change'', 1980 book by
William R. Catton, Jr.
William Robert Catton, Jr. (January 15, 1926 – January 5, 2015) was an American sociologist known for his scholarly work in environmental sociology and human ecology. More broadly, Catton is known for his 1980 book, ''Overshoot: The Ecological ...
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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 respon ...
, 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 compensat ...
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 for the volatility of exchange rates
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