Overrange

Quick meaning: Overrange is a noun meaning Input to an instrument beyond the range of values it is designed to handle.

Meaning

Input to an instrument beyond the range of values it is designed to handle.

More Meanings

1. The amount by which an instrument can handle input outside the designated or expected range.
2. To respond to input beyond the designated or expected range; to provide an overrange.
3. To produce input beyond the range that an instrument is designed to measure or handle.
4. To range too far or too much.
5. To range over.
6. Beyond the expected or allowed range.

Example Sentences

It has an overrange to 100,000 counts and uses a current-balancing technique.

This instrument is extremely sensitive to overrange, and care should be taken to avoid this problem.

The unit is available with full scale, TTL compatible, frequency pulse output ranges of 2, 20, 200 and 1000 kHz and can overrange to 150%.

Where there is an overload or overrange condition, all display elements of the Fig. 1-12B meter (except the kQ and MQ indicators) flash repeatedly.

Word Forms

• overranges
• overranging
• overranged

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