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misdetecting

misdetecting is the present participle and gerund of misdetect.

Meaning of misdetect

Verb

misdetect (third-person singular simple present misdetects, present participle misdetecting, simple past and past participle misdetected)

  1. (transitive) To detect wrongly, or where not actually present.
    • The GMM enables us to determine strict boundary positions. On the other hand, the GMM often misdetects boundaries that are not actual boundaries, such as changing points of music instruments, […]2006, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, page 3029

Questions about misdetecting

What is misdetecting the present participle and gerund of?
Misdetecting is the present participle and gerund of misdetect.

Words near misdetecting in the dictionary

  1. misdesigns
  2. misdesire
  3. misdesires
  4. misdetect
  5. misdetected
  6. misdetecting
  7. misdetection
  8. misdetections
  9. misdetects
  10. misdetermination
  11. misdeterminations

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