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misplug

misplug verb: to plug incorrectly.

Verb

misplug (third-person singular simple present misplugs, present participle misplugging, simple past and past participle misplugged)

  1. To plug incorrectly.
    • A guard lamp is installed on each trunk in the end position at the tandem board so that, if an "A" operator misplugs, the call may be answered promptly by the supervisor at the tandem board and cared for properly.1910, Arthur Edward Van Hagan, Tandem Trunking, page 33
    • Be very careful not to misplug a three-wire system to the stage box and run 240V accidentally.1993, Harry C. Box, Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, page 256

Noun

misplug (plural misplugs)

  1. An instance of misplugging.
    • This circuit is so arranged that in case an operator at the manual end makes a misplug, the correction of the error will have no effect on the setting of the automatic.1908 March 21, “New Telephone Patents”, in Electrical World, volume 51, page 609
    • With the integrated technology, it is easy to provide for the measures for linearization and temperature stabilization of the parameters and characteristics, overload and misplug protection, operation in a wide range of supply voltages, etc.2011, Yu. K. Rybin, Electronic Devices for Analog Signal Processing, page 212

Examples of misplug in a sentence

  • Cabling is labeled on both sides, so you won't misplug a device connector.1998 August, “Dell PowerEdge 6300”, in PC Magazine, volume 17, number 14, page 51:
  • Any deviations or misplugs will affect the operation of the zEC12 system.2013, Karan Singh, Sandra Tomoko Minami Abe, Srikanth R. Adige, IBM zEnterprise EC12 Configuration Setup, page 561:
  • And the sockets must be different in structure and specification and can't be exchanged to avoid misplug.2016, GB 50397-2007: Translated English of Chinese Standard., page 63:

Forms of misplug

Verb
third-person singular presentmisplugs
present participlemisplugging
past participlemisplugged
pastmisplugged
Noun
pluralmisplugs

Origin of misplug

From mis- + plug.

Questions about misplug

What does misplug mean?
Misplug means to plug incorrectly.
How do you use misplug in a sentence?
Cabling is labeled on both sides, so you won't misplug a device connector.
What part of speech is misplug?
Misplug can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of misplug?
The past tense of misplug is misplugged.

Words near misplug in the dictionary

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  4. misplucking
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  6. misplug
  7. misplugged
  8. misplugging
  9. misplugs
  10. mispoint
  11. mispointed

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