Overshoot may refer to:
* ''Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change'', a 1980 book by
William R. Catton, Jr.
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Ecological overshoot
Ecological overshoot is the phenomenon which occurs when the demands made on a natural ecosystem exceed its regenerative capacity. Global ecological overshoot occurs when the demands made by humanity exceed what the biosphere of Earth can provide ...
, when the demands made on a natural ecosystem exceed its regenerative capacity
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Overshoot (population)
In environmental science, a population "overshoots" its local carrying capacity — the capacity of the biome to feed and sustain that population — when that population has not only begun to outstrip its food supply in excess of regeneration, b ...
, when a population exceeds the environment's carrying capacity
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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 ...
, when a signal exceeds its steady state value
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Overshoot (microwave communication), the 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 compens ...
, the degree to which a letter dips below the baseline, or exceeds the cap height
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Overshoot (aviation)
Basic fighter maneuvers (BFM) are Military tactics, tactical movements performed by fighter aircraft during air combat maneuvering (ACM, also called dogfighting), to gain a positional advantage over the opponent. BFM combines the fundamentals o ...
, 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
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Overshooting model, a theoretical explanation for high levels of exchange rate volatility
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