overcancelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

overcancel (third-person singular simple present overcancels, present participle overcancelling or (米国用法) overcanceling, simple past and past participle overcancelled or (米国用法) overcanceled)

1. To cancel too many or too forcefully.
   • 1970, 1970, Amateur Radio - Volume 26, page 58:

     Note that there can still be feedback, however, if the gain is so high as to "overcancel" the input signal with the higher level output.

   • 1995, The American philatelist - Volume 109, Issues 1-6, page 418:

     Don't overcancel our FDCs. Don't obliterate with felt-tipped markers.

   • 2012, Akira Onuki, ‎Kyozi Kawasaki, Dynamics and Patterns in Complex Fluids:

     The self-diffusivities of a rod, in general, decrease with the concentration because of the rod entanglement and hydrodynamic interaction, but the excluded volume effect in the polarized scattering largely cancels (かつ sometimes overcancels) the decrease.