overshifts

Noun

overshift (plural overshifts)

1. The strategy or act of positioning defensive players extra far toward the offense's strong side, leaving portions of the field or court undefended.
   • 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.1975, William Albert Healey, Joseph W. Hartley, Basketball's ten greatest defenses, page 24
2. The amount of displacement in the layers in a crystal lattice that places the layers too far apart for molecular bonding.
   • 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).1983, Leslie Michaels, Seymour S. Chissick, R. Derricott, Asbestos, properties, applications, and hazards, →ISBN, page 114
3. A misalignment resulting from shifting gears too far.
   • Back off second speed, overshift stop screw slightly, and determine that speed poppet is seated in notch. Tighten screw to permit a very slight overshift of lever to rear.1971, Chilton's Auto Repair Manual, 1940-1953, page 624
4. A change that results in something being moved too far or too many things being moved.
   • Free migration would result in an overshift of population into urban areas and probably an overshift out of interior regions.1985, World Bank Staff Working Paper, →ISBN, page 95
5. A work period that extends significantly beyond the normal eight-hour shift; An instance of involuntary overtime.
   • Only two overshifts at the outside can be required in one week; and the regular working period must not be increased by more than two hours.1895, Engineering and Mining Journal - Volume 59, page 562
6. An overhang caused by seismic shift.
   • ... the area has neotectonic characteristics : stiff carbonatic rocks are thrusted and folded each over the other originating inverse faults and overshifts.1989, Charles Alan Kircher, Anil K. Chopra, Seismic engineering, research and practice

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