单词 | undershoot |
释义 | undershootn. The action or result of the verb; spec. in Electronics, a small variation in signal immediately before, and in the opposite direction to, a sudden (larger) change. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failure or shortcoming delinquency1606 shortcominga1687 limitation1732 dereliction1801 undershoot1934 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > sudden rapid descent > descent prior to landing > landing approach > undershooting undershooting1928 undershoot1934 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > [noun] > pulse > over or under-short overshoot1926 undershoot1956 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > under budget undershooting1928 underspending1963 undershoot1982 1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1938 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 42 416 We may conclude, therefore, that, for the average pilot, the power approach (or the undershoot technique) is a feasible method of approaching and landing. 1956 S. W. Amos & D. C. Birkinshaw Television Engin. II. i. 26 (caption) Waveform of a pulse with undershoot of the leading and trailing edges. 1959 Listener 26 Feb. 371/1 The score now stands at two undershoots by the United States to one powerful drive by the Russians. 1969 J. J. Sparkes Transistor Switching iv. 113 Overshoot or undershoot of the output waveforms will result. 1978 Nature 12 Oct. 550/1 One of them is a progressive rise in time of the overshoot and under~shoot (for spikes following the first) amplitudes with nearly constant firing level. 1982 Times 23 Apr. 23/7 When one allows for the adverse impact on Government resources of the civil servants' dispute, the undershoot is larger still. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † undershootadj. Obsolete. rare. = undershot adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [adjective] > driven by water from above or below overshotc1535 undershoot1602 undershot1610 pitch-back1825 high breast1833 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 26v So the imprisoned water payeth the ransome of dryuing an vnder-shoote wheele for his enlargement. 1678 Brit. Patent 208 1 To Retayne Back Water of all sorts of Mills and..to make Vndershoote to serve Overshoote Mills. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). undershootv. 1. transitive and intransitive. To shoot short (of) or too low (for). Also figurative, esp. of financial performance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail in [verb (transitive)] > fail to satisfy expectation, etc. > fall short of to come short of1570 to fall short of1590 undershoota1661 desert1664 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > fail or fall short false?c1225 fault1486 to be wanting to oneself1582 want1643 undershoot1874 to come up short1917 underperform1976 the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot [verb (intransitive)] > shoot too low or short undershoot1874 the world > food and drink > hunting > shooting > shoot game [verb (transitive)] > shoot too low or short undershoot1874 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] > spend less than (an amount or budget) under-spend1890 undershoot1977 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Lincs. 151 I believe they overshoot the Mark, who make it a Miracle, they undershoot it who make it Magick. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting i. 24 The rib should be..sufficiently elevated at breech to prevent under-shooting. 1883 Cent. Mag. Aug. 492/1 The sportsman of unsteady nerve..is apt to undershoot. 1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle xviii. 199 I..fired at his temple... Fool that I was, I undershot the brain because the elephant was below me. 1977 Daily Tel. 10 Mar. 21 Evidence that the public sector borrowing requirement is still firmly under control with only a month of the current financial year to go has added to signs that the money supply is also going to undershoot even the lower end of the target range. 1982 Times 23 Apr. 21/3 The public sector borrowing requirement in the financial year just ended undershot the Government's original estimate. 2. transitive and intransitive. Of an aircraft or pilot: to fail to reach (a designated landing-point) while attempting to land. Cf. overshoot v. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > approach > undershoot or overshoot undershoot1918 overshoot1920 1918 W. G. McMinnies Pract. Flying v. 79 If he sees that he is going to undershoot, it is a good plan to make another circuit. 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Jan. 3/2 He undershot storm-swept Newark airport. 1947 A. C. Douglas Gliding & Adv. Soaring 68 If you are still high, wait a bit before turning round into wind, but it is always better to come in slightly high and then do gentle S turns into wind, than undershoot. 1969 Gloss. Aeronaut. & Astronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) ii. 4 Undershoot, to land, or to follow an approach path which would cause an aircraft to land, short of the intended area. Derivatives underˈshooting n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > under budget undershooting1928 underspending1963 undershoot1982 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > sudden rapid descent > descent prior to landing > landing approach > undershooting undershooting1928 undershoot1934 1928 B. Studley Pract. Flight Training xxiv. 293 Undershooting is always to be avoided. 1982 Age (Melbourne) 3/1 The Treasurer..also outlined ‘savings’ of $361 million made by the Government on earlier appropriation bills..because of normal undershooting of Budget outlay targets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasundershoot undershoot n. Brit. , U.S. ΚΠ 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 128 The Drip of their Heads falling upon their Under-shoots. < as lemmas |
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