different between overshot vs backshot

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.v????t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?.v????t/

Verb

overshot

1. simple past tense and past participle of overshoot

Adjective

overshot (comparative more overshot, superlative most overshot)

1. (of a water wheel) powered by water that flows over the top from above
2. Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.

Translations

Noun

overshot (plural overshots)

1. An overshot water wheel.

Related terms

• undershot

English

Etymology

back +? shot

Pronunciation

Adjective

backshot (not comparable)

1. (of a water wheel) Having the water introduced just behind the summit, combining the advantages of breastshot and overshot systems, since the full amount of the potential energy released by the falling water is harnessed as the water descends the back of the wheel.

Verb

backshot

1. simple past tense and past participle of backshoot

Noun

backshot (plural backshots)

1. (chiefly sports) A shot that sends something backwards, such as a shot that sends the ball behind the player making it.
2. A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to an earlier point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
3. A shot in the back.
4. (photography and cinematography) A shot taken from behind the subject.
5. (Caribbean, Jamaican, slang) A sexual position in which the man penetrates his partner from behind ; doggy style.

Coordinate terms

• foreshot, midshot
• undershot