overranges

Noun

overrange (countable and uncountable, plural overranges)

1. Input to an instrument beyond the range of values it is designed to handle.
   • The bellows-type meter can withstand overranges up to the safe working pressure of the housing in either direction without damage or the slightest shift in zero or calibration .1962, Proceedings of the 1962 Annual Appalachian Gas Measurement Short Course, page 129
2. The amount by which an instrument can handle input outside the designated or expected range.
   • Though digital panel meters commonly offer 100 percent overrange, multi-range, multi-function meters almost never provide more than 40 percent overrange and, on the 1000-V range, most allow no overrange at all.1970, EEE: The Magazine of Circuit Design Engineering

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