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miscentering

miscentering noun: a mistaken centering.

Noun

miscentering (plural miscenterings)

  1. A mistaken centering
    • Galaxy cluster miscentering is especially a concern for stacked weak lensing shear studies of galaxy clusters, where offsets between the assumed and the true underlying matter distribution can lead to a significant bias in the mass estimates if not accounted for.2016, Jes Ford, Jake VanderPlas, “Cluster-lensing: A Python Package for Galaxy Clusters & Miscentering”, in arXiv

Forms of miscentering

pluralmiscenterings

Origin of miscentering

From mis- + centering.

Questions about miscentering

What does miscentering mean?
Miscentering means a mistaken centering.
What part of speech is miscentering?
Miscentering is a noun.
What is the plural of miscentering?
The plural of miscentering is miscenterings.

Words near miscentering in the dictionary

  1. miscellany
  2. miscensure
  3. miscensured
  4. miscensures
  5. miscensuring
  6. miscentering
  7. miscenterings
  8. miscertification
  9. miscertifications
  10. miscertified
  11. miscertifies

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