overinstrumentation

noun

Etymology

From over- + instrumentation.

  1. derived from īnstrūmentum
  2. derived from instrument
  3. inherited from instrument
  4. suffixed as instrumentation — “instrument + -ation
  5. prefixed as overinstrumentation — “over + instrumentation

Definitions

  1. Use of excessively large surgical instruments in a surgical procedure or the damage…

    Use of excessively large surgical instruments in a surgical procedure or the damage caused thereby.

  2. Excessive instrumentation.

    • Over-instrumentation as a topic of concern The point where the proper degree of instrumentation ends and overinstrumentation begins cannot be defined […].
    • This often means over-instrumentation with dense arrays of sensors in a limited area rather than finely-tuned capacity planning.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overinstrumentation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA