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misassembly

misassembly noun: wrong or defective assembly.

Noun

misassembly (countable and uncountable, plural misassemblies)

  1. Wrong or defective assembly.
    • After computer assembly, a finishing phase ensues, wherein the gaps between assembled contigs are closed experimentally, and any misassembly is resolved.2000 March 24, Eugene W. Myers et al., “A Whole-Genome Assembly of Drosophila”, in Science, volume 287, number 5461, →DOI, pages 2196–2204
    • Other, possibly significant, failure modes which are not addressed above include misinspection, misassembly, and other human factor effects.2000, R. L. Christenson, Comprehensive Design Reliability Activities for Aerospace Propulsion Systems, page 64

Forms of misassembly

pluralmisassemblies

Origin of misassembly

From mis- + assembly.

Questions about misassembly

What does misassembly mean?
Misassembly means wrong or defective assembly.
What part of speech is misassembly?
Misassembly is a noun.
What is the plural of misassembly?
The plural of misassembly is misassemblies.

Words near misassembly in the dictionary

  1. misassemble
  2. misassembled
  3. misassembles
  4. misassemblies
  5. misassembling
  6. misassembly
  7. misassert
  8. misasserted
  9. misasserting
  10. misasserts
  11. misassess

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