misclock
/ˈmɪsklɒk/
misclock noun: an error in the synchronization or coordination of the sequence or timing of actions by a device.
Noun
misclock (plural misclocks)
- An error in the synchronization or coordination of the sequence or timing of actions by a device.
- When misclock occurs, it is recorded as an audio datum and an alarm is given.1978, Journal of the Radio Research Laboratories
- After each phase crossing there is a chance of a misclock being produced by jitter induced phase reversal at subsequent clocking edges.2002, The 2002 45th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, page 562
Verb
IPA/mɪsˈklɒk/
misclock (third-person singular simple present misclocks, present participle misclocking, simple past and past participle misclocked)
- To cause or produce a misclock.
- This glitch can misclock the DMA state controller and indirectly mess up the memory unit in use.1977, Conference Proceedings: Computer Faire, page 288
- We didn't get past the start. It was misclocked opened and we got too much lox flow in the main chamber early.1995, SSME Post Test Diagnostic System: Systems Section, page 57
- To clock incorrectly; to mistime.
- How else could they misclock one of the disappearance intervals by more than a month?1993, Robert Paul Metzger, Transforming Texts: Classical Images in New Contexts, page 46
Examples of misclock in a sentence
- We will present a model to determine this minimum difference frequency given the acceptable risk of a misclock.2002, I Shankar, SA Morris, CG Hutchens, “A novel frequency measurement technique for quartz microbalance systems and other resonator-based...
- This occurred despite an alignment pin design feature to prevent misclocking.2001, Walter Edward Hammond, Design Methodologies for Space Transportation Systems, page 696:
Forms of misclock
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | misclocks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | misclocks |
| present participle | misclocking |
| past participle | misclocked |
| past | misclocked |
Origin of misclock
From mis- + clock.
Questions about misclock
- What does misclock mean?
- Misclock means an error in the synchronization or coordination of the sequence or timing of actions by a device.
- How do you use misclock in a sentence?
- We will present a model to determine this minimum difference frequency given the acceptable risk of a misclock.
- What part of speech is misclock?
- Misclock can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce misclock?
- Misclock is pronounced /ˈmɪsklɒk/.
- What is the plural of misclock?
- The plural of misclock is misclocks.
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