undershoot
undershoot Lexical Profile
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• verb
To land or stop short of an intended mark or landing area (especially of an aircraft approaching a runway).
"Heavy fog caused the pilot to misjudge the glide path and slightly undershoot the runway threshold."
To fail to reach or achieve an expected target, numerical goal, or financial forecast.
"With consumer spending slowing down, inflation is projected to undershoot the central bank's two percent target this quarter."
• noun
An instance of landing short of a runway or falling short of an intended target, goal, or forecast.
"The investigation concluded that sudden wind shear had caused the aircraft's dangerous undershoot on final approach."
In electronics and signal processing, a transient distortion in which a signal or response momentarily drops below its final steady-state value.
"The engineer adjusted the damping ratio of the circuit to minimize voltage undershoot during rapid switching."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the late 16th century from the prefix 'under-' and the verb 'shoot' (from Old English 'sceotan'), originally referring to an arrow or projectile falling short of its mark before being adopted into 20th-century aviation and control-systems terminology.