overinstrumentation

noun

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

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Meanings

nounoverinstrumentation (uncountable)
  1. uncountabledentistryUse of excessively large surgical instruments in a surgical procedure or the damage caused thereby.
  2. uncountableExcessive instrumentation.

    This often means over-instrumentation with dense arrays of sensors in a limited area rather than finely-tuned capacity planning.

    2008, Roberto Verdone, Wireless Sensor Networks: 5th European Conference, EWSN 2008, page 338
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    Over-instrumentation as a topic of concern The point where the proper degree of instrumentation ends and overinstrumentation begins cannot be defined […].

    1967, Captain Leroy D. Pigg, “HUMAN FACTORS IN RELATION TO OVER-INSTRUMENTATION”, in Proceedings of the International ISA Aerospace ..., page 248

    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 […].

    2008, Martin Polke, Process Control Engineering, page 349

Origin

From over- + instrumentation.

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