Meaning of Overshoot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The amount by which something goes too far.
   countable
2. The situation where the population of a species exceeds its environment's carrying capacity.
   countable, uncountable
3. The portion of a letter extending above the capline of other letters of the same font, or the relative degree of such extent.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Let's see if we can predict and correct for the overshoot.”

“With appropriate choice and action such uncontrolled decline could be avoided; overshoot could instead be resolved by a conscious effort to reduce humanity's demand on the planet.”

“Population overshoot is therefore unlikely to yield to management. Rather, the usual suspects will enter the scene and do their thing: starvation, disease, […] violence […] [and] death […].”

“Our core ecological problem is not climate change. It is overshoot, of which global warming is a symptom.”

“The portion resting beyond the capline or baseline is called overshoot.”

“The bowl of the D and the O are usually not identical, as most D forms do not have overshoot or undershoot.”

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