overrange

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Input to an instrument beyond the range of values it is designed to handle.
  2. The amount by which an instrument can handle input outside the designated or expected range.
verb
  1. To respond to input beyond the designated or expected range; to provide an overrange.
  2. To produce input beyond the range that an instrument is designed to measure or handle.
  3. To range too far or too much.
  4. To range over.
adj
  1. Beyond the expected or allowed range.

Word forms

overrange overranges overranging overranged more overrange most overrange

Etymology

From over- + range.

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