(prep.) Above, or higher than, in place or position, with the idea of covering; -- opposed to under; as, clouds are over our heads; the smoke rises over the city.
(prep.) Across; from side to side of; -- implying a passing or moving, either above the substance or thing, or on the surface of it; as, a dog leaps over a stream or a table.
(prep.) Upon the surface of, or the whole surface of; hither and thither upon; throughout the whole extent of; as, to wander over the earth; to walk over a field, or over a city.
(prep.) Above; -- implying superiority in excellence, dignity, condition, or value; as, the advantages which the Christian world has over the heathen.
(prep.) Above in authority or station; -- implying government, direction, care, attention, guard, responsibility, etc.; -- opposed to under.
(prep.) Across or during the time of; from beginning to end of; as, to keep anything over night; to keep corn over winter.
(prep.) Above the perpendicular height or length of, with an idea of measurement; as, the water, or the depth of water, was over his head, over his shoes.
(prep.) Beyond; in excess of; in addition to; more than; as, it cost over five dollars.
(prep.) Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto.
(adv.) From one side to another; from side to side; across; crosswise; as, a board, or a tree, a foot over, i. e., a foot in diameter.
(adv.) From one person or place to another regarded as on the opposite side of a space or barrier; -- used with verbs of motion; as, to sail over to England; to hand over the money; to go over to the enemy.
(adv.) Also, with verbs of being: At, or on, the opposite side; as, the boat is over.
(adv.) From beginning to end; throughout the course, extent, or expanse of anything; as, to look over accounts, or a stock of goods; a dress covered over with jewels.
(adv.) From inside to outside, above or across the brim.
(adv.) Beyond a limit; hence, in excessive degree or quantity; superfluously; with repetition; as, to do the whole work over.
(adv.) In a manner to bring the under side to or towards the top; as, to turn (one's self) over; to roll a stone over; to turn over the leaves; to tip over a cart.
(adv.) At an end; beyond the limit of continuance; completed; finished.
(a.) Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste.
(n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.
Example Sentences:
Overshoot
Definition:
(v. t.) To shoot over or beyond.
(v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
(v. t.) To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth.
(v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.
Example Sentences:
(1) An "overshoot" elevation of ejection fraction above resting levels was demonstrated following termination of exercise in most patients.
(2) To determine if this age difference resulted from a prolonged active state, electromechanical dissociation and the overshoot of contraction duration during recovery from hypoxia were measured.
(3) At reoxygenation the contraction force increased with a first peak overshooting 50% of the initial aerobic value after 5-10 min, to decline during the following 10-15 min to a plateau slightly below the initial aerobic value.
(4) Depolarization with high [K+]o induced a large but transient [Ca2+]i overshoot in hypothyroid myocytes, but not in hyperthyroid myocytes, before a new elevated steady-state [Ca2+]i was reached, which was not different between the groups.
(5) In hypertrophied cardiac muscle, the overshoot of the slow APs was increased by 75%, the maximum rate of rise (Vmax) increased by 76% and the AP duration at 50% repolarization (APD50) prolonged by 56%.
(6) Thus the overshoot effect was markedly reduced by aspirin because the drug partially counteracted the normally poor detectability for signals presented soon after masker onset.
(7) Activities in old rat livers returned to the basal level on day 5 of ND, while activities in young animal livers that increased to levels higher than basal levels due to the overshoot returned to the basal level on day 7 of ND.
(8) When sodium intake is increased abruptly (by 20 mmol day-1, 0.3 mmol kg-1), total sodium excretion only increases gradually but after about 3 days it 'overshoots' as in humans.
(9) The persistence of the phosphocreatine overshoot phenomenon, while basal function was already normalized, indicates that a reduced function and thus a reduced energy demand of the contractile apparatus are not the cause of the phosphocreatine overshoot.
(10) The resultant kinetic model can produce a response that overshoots, quickens, and eventually saturates as the input intensity is increased.
(11) Significant overshoots in blood pressure and heart rate, reaching peak values 16 to 26 hr after the last injection, occurred in all clonidine-treated rats, but in no control rats.
(12) However, no overshoot was obtained in the presence of a NaCl gradient, and KCl and LiCl also produced equivalent stimulation of transport suggesting a nonspecific ionic strength effect.
(13) When an NaSCN electrochemical gradient was present, an "overshoot" was present, indicating active cotransport.
(14) These saccades were hypermetric and were followed immediately, without any intersaccadic interval, by a large, oppositely directed saccade (dynamic overshoot).
(15) Motoneurons could generate overshooting action potentials at the earliest stage studied [embryonic day 4 (E4)].
(16) Hemodynamic changes can be separated into an adaptation phase (AP) with an "overshoot" response of most hemodynamic parameters and a stable phase (SP) without further changes, reached after 6.5 minutes (1 to 18 minutes).
(17) We tested the hypothesis that quis-induced intracellular Ca2+ release and extrusion of Ca2+ from the cells contributed to the overshoots.
(18) At higher doses of calcineurin containing liposomes the preparations ceased to exhibit spontaneous activity but elicited electrically driven action potentials with lower +Vmax and overshoot.
(19) Both areas showed increases in P but decreases in S. Acute K repletion resulted in a significant overshoot of K in both areas, coupled with a profound decrease in Cl.
(20) However, when vesicles were loaded with both KCl and NaCl the height of the overshoot was considerably decreased indicating a Na+-K+-dependent dissipation of the intravesicular to extravesicular chloride gradient.