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misplate

misplate verb: to plate incorrectly. (any sense).

Verb

misplate (third-person singular simple present misplates, present participle misplating, simple past and past participle misplated)

  1. To plate incorrectly. (any sense)
    • Standard commercially offered plating barrels distorted, mangled and misplated these delicate shapes.1961, American Electroplaters' Society, Proceedings of the Annual Convention, page 146
    • On September 25, 1996, pressman John Dixon misplated the yellow and red plates on one paper, adversely affecting an entire run of 200,000 papers.1999, United States. National Labor Relations Board ·, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 119

Noun

misplate (uncountable)

  1. The occurrence of botched plating (sense: thin metal coating).
    • In 1937 a program was initiated to inspect the plated parts on automotive products with a two-fold purpose, viz., to scrutinize the resistance to corrosion in various atmospheric zones and to study the effect of plate thickenss. Realizing the existence of inevitable human error in this type of...1949, American Electroplaters' Society, Proceedings of the Annual Convention - Volume 35, page 100
    • For example, silicon-type mold releases (materials sprayed on the molded surface to help in the removal of the molded part) should not be used, as they are extremely difficult to remove and usually lead to adhesion failures (blisters) or misplate because they hindered the processing solutions from...1990, G. O. Mallory, J. B. Hajdu, Electroless plating: fundamentals and applications, page 382

Forms of misplate

third-person singular presentmisplates
present participlemisplating
past participlemisplated
pastmisplated

Origin of misplate

From mis- + plate.

Questions about misplate

What does misplate mean?
Misplate means to plate incorrectly. (any sense).
What part of speech is misplate?
Misplate can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of misplate?
The past tense of misplate is misplated.

Words near misplate in the dictionary

  1. misplans
  2. misplant
  3. misplanted
  4. misplanting
  5. misplants
  6. misplate
  7. misplated
  8. misplates
  9. misplating
  10. misplay
  11. misplayed

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