Overbound

Quick meaning: Overbound is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of overbind.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of overbind.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, archaic) To leap over.
2. (mathematics) To provide an upper bound to.
3. To specify or use boundaries that are too large; to have boundaries that encompass more than the entirety of an entity.
4. (mathematics, signal processing) A Gaussian model of the (non-Gaussian) error distribution on a signal, which is conservative enough that the resulting confidence interval is guaranteed to be at least as wide as the actual confidence interval.

Example Sentences

The Urbanized Area is often considered the best measure of urban size because it neither "underbounds" the city (by taking just the political city) or "overbounds" it (including peripheral, largely rural areas).

Word Forms

• overbounds
• overbounding
• overbounded

Antonyms for overbound

Common opposites include underbound.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overleap, overbow, overrun, overfloat, overcome, overboard.

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