undershoot
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dərˈʃut, ˈʌn verb (used with object)
1.
to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
2.
Aeronautics. (of an aircraft or pilot) to land before reaching (a landing strip) because of a too rapid loss of altitude.
verb (used without object)
3.
to shoot or launch a projectile so as to strike under or short of a target.
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| —vb , -shoots, -shooting, -shot | |
| 1. | (of a pilot) to cause (an aircraft) to land short of (a runway) or (of an aircraft) to land in this way |
| 2. | to shoot a projectile so that it falls short of (a target) |
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Undershoot
is always a great word to know.
So is simple harmonic motion. Does it mean:
| vibratory motion in system in which restoring force is proportional to displacement from equilibrium |
| force per unit area |
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Medical Dictionary
undershoot un·der·shoot (ŭn'dər-sh&oomacr;t')
n.
A temporary decrease below the final steady-state value that may occur immediately following the removal of an influence that had been raising that value.
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Example sentences
The next step in the chain of reasoning is to determine whether it's costlier to overshoot or undershoot.
Typically, a currency needs to undershoot its fair value by a wide margin in order to reduce a country's large external deficit.
Moreover, history shows that after a boom prices usually undershoot their fair value.
After a big overshoot on the upside, share prices can undershoot by as much on the way down.
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