Definitions for overshot
ˈoʊ vərˌʃɒt; -ˈʃɒtover·shot

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1. overshotadjective

   having an upper part projecting beyond the lower

   "an overshot jaw"

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1. overshotadjective

   powered by water that flows over the top from above

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1. overshot

   A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with a number of blades or buckets arranged on the outside rim forming the driving car. Water wheels were still in commercial use well into the 20th century but they are no longer in common use. Uses included milling flour in gristmills, grinding wood into pulp for papermaking, hammering wrought iron, machining, ore crushing and pounding fibre for use in the manufacture of cloth. Some water wheels are fed by water from a mill pond, which is formed when a flowing stream is dammed. A channel for the water flowing to or from a water wheel is called a mill race. The race bringing water from the mill pond to the water wheel is a headrace; the one carrying water after it has left the wheel is commonly referred to as a tailrace.Waterwheels were used for various purposes from agriculture to metallurgy in ancient civilizations spanning the Hellenistic Greek world, Rome, China and India. Waterwheels saw continued use in the Post-classical age, like the Middle Ages of Europe and the Islamic Golden Age, but also elsewhere. In the mid to late 18th century John Smeaton's scientific investigation of the water wheel led to significant increases in efficiency supplying much needed power for the Industrial Revolution. Water wheels began being displaced by the smaller, less expensive and more efficient turbine, developed by Benoît Fourneyron, beginning with his first model in 1827. Turbines are capable of handling high heads, or elevations, that exceed the capability of practical-sized waterwheels. The main difficulty of water wheels is their dependence on flowing water, which limits where they can be located. Modern hydroelectric dams can be viewed as the descendants of the water wheel, as they too take advantage of the movement of water downhill.

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1. overshot

   Overshot generally refers to the action of going beyond the intended or targeted point or limit. This term is widely used in various fields like manufacturing, aviation, weaving, and so on, interpreting things like surpassing a physical location, exceeding a budget or deadline, or overshooting a landing. It denotes the act of missing by going too far.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of overshot in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of overshot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of overshot in a Sentence

1. Guillaume Perret:

   In a counter-intuitive way, the market is showing persistent tightness whereas coal demand is falling in most parts of the world, we think the current rally is overshooting, in a similar way as prices overshot on the way down in January 2016. It is not fueled by a genuine increase in demand but rather by a short- to medium-term delay for spare supply capacity to adjust to demand.

2. Alan Lightfeldt:

   Buyers are still allowing prices to grow because demand remains strong, but supply at the top end of the market appears to have overshot demand and that is the softest area of the Manhattan market.

3. James Antos:

   The volumes overshot, and expectations overshot, and now they are coming down to earth.

4. Daryl Chapman:

   We could hear it coming but saw no sign of the landing lights. It was dark, it got louder and louder ; then you could see the glow of the red beacon under the plane. He overshot the turn and went right over the car park and control tower as he powered up and went around for another try.

5. Dan Senor:

   I think that the White House has overreacted and overshot, and it's now backfiring. Big mistake.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=overshot
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Overshot
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overshot
4. ^ ChatGPT
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