overshift
/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌʃɪft/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's strong side, leaving portions of the field or court undefended.
noun
The amount of displacement in the layers in a crystal lattice that places the layers too far apart for molecular bonding.
noun
A misalignment resulting from shifting gears too far.
noun
A work period that extends significantly beyond the normal eight-hour shift; An instance of involuntary overtime.
noun
An overhang caused by seismic shift.
noun
An unfitted woman's overgarment.
Example Sentences
- "The chart, representing two players, shows how the overshift principle forces the offensive player to traverse a greater distance than the defensive player who is guarding him."
- "By using the overshift, you can also develop a good stunting game that will not leave you wide open in case of fullback traps or even option plays."
- "The overshift works well against left-handed hitters who pull the ball farthest to the right."
- "The protruding basal oxygens are themselves displaced slightly in the x-direction so that the shift required is either 0.4 + δÅ (overshift) or 0.4 -δ Å (undershift)."
- "In the structure of chrysotile 2M_(c1) illustrated in Figure 7.6 is approximately 0.1 Å, and so overshift is 0.5 Å and the undershift is 0.3 Å, occurring in successive layers to produce a two-layer unit cell with B = 93.3°."
- "These large overshifts increase the value of the monoclinic β angle over the ideal value by 1-2° in muscovite-IM."
Etymology
From over- + shift.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over