overshoot

Vocabulary Word

Definition

'Overshoot' primarily means to go beyond an intended point or limit. It's like planning to run two miles but you end up running three. You've overshot your goal.

Examples in Different Contexts

In control systems, 'overshoot' refers to the system's response exceeding its final steady-state value. An engineer might note, 'We need to tweak the parameters to reduce the overshoot in this circuit.'

Practice Scenarios

Tech

Scenario:

Following the launch of the new feature, we had more activity on our platform than predicted which hampered the server performance.

Response:

We certainly overshot server capacity due to high user traffic after the feature launch.

Creative

Scenario:

The design project was excellent, but it seems we incorporated more elements than what were initially enumerated in the brief.

Response:

Indeed, by incorporating those extra features, we overshot our original design scope.