ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overinstrumentation

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Overinstrumentation is a noun meaning (dentistry, surgery) Use of excessively large surgical instruments in a surgical procedure or the damage caused thereby.

Meaning

(dentistry, surgery) Use of excessively large surgical instruments in a surgical procedure or the damage caused thereby.

More Meanings

  1. Excessive instrumentation.

Example Sentences

This often means over-instrumentation with dense arrays of sensors in a limited area rather than finely-tuned capacity planning.
Over-instrumentation as a topic of concern The point where the proper degree of instrumentation ends and overinstrumentation begins cannot be defined […].
This situation typically occurs in an overinstrumented system where there are, for example, more sensors than are required for an unambiguous determination of the state. However, overinstrumentation also makes it possible to carry out signal reconstruction […].

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include overobturation, overdoing, overseverity, overamplification, overkill, overmedication.

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