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mismerge

mismerge verb: to merge incorrectly.

Verb

mismerge (third-person singular simple present mismerges, present participle mismerging, simple past and past participle mismerged)

  1. To merge incorrectly.
    • This merge criterion guarantees that regions whose properties have been drastically altered by previous merges are not mismerged on the basis of their original properties .1994, Majid Rabbani, Robert J. Safranek, Image and Video Compression, page 262
    • Fig. 7.10 An irregular-shaped region with a "bottle-neck"; two regions R1 and R2 are mismerged into one elementary region.2013, Makoto Nagao, Takashi Matsuyama, A Structural Analysis of Complex Aerial Photographs, page 162

Noun

mismerge (countable and uncountable, plural mismerges)

  1. The act or process of mismerging.
    • Spell-check also won't protect you against the famous "mismerge” that has sealed many a candidate's fate (you've described how your fastidious attention to detail will make you a valuable asset to Random House — in your cover letter to Scholastic).2007, Jason Wall, Lisa J. Vollmer, What to Do with Your Psychology Or Sociology Degree, page 139
    • Until that identifying segment is corrected or suppressed, or unless the CRA manually edits the file, the mismerge will continue and likely become worse.2007, United States. Congress. House Committee on Financial Services, Credit reports, page 63

Examples of mismerge in a sentence

  • Thus, they have been known to mismerge files when the consumers' names are similar and they share seven of nine digits in their SSN.2013, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and...
  • Sometimes, mismerges occur due to unimportant matching lines (for example, braces from distinct functions).2016, Jakub Narebski, Mastering Git, page 217:

Forms of mismerge

Verb
third-person singular presentmismerges
present participlemismerging
past participlemismerged
pastmismerged
Noun
pluralmismerges

Origin of mismerge

From mis- + merge.

Questions about mismerge

What does mismerge mean?
Mismerge means to merge incorrectly.
How do you use mismerge in a sentence?
Thus, they have been known to mismerge files when the consumers' names are similar and they share seven of nine digits in their SSN.
What part of speech is mismerge?
Mismerge can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of mismerge?
The past tense of mismerge is mismerged.

Words near mismerge in the dictionary

  1. mismend
  2. mismended
  3. mismending
  4. mismends
  5. mismenstruation
  6. mismerge
  7. mismerged
  8. mismerges
  9. mismerging
  10. mismessage
  11. mismessages

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