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misregister

/mɪsˈɹɛd͡ʒɪstə(ɹ)/

misregister verb: to register incorrectly.

Verb

misregister (third-person singular simple present misregisters, present participle misregistering, simple past and past participle misregistered)

  1. To register incorrectly.

Noun

misregister (uncountable)

  1. Undesirable displacement of the electron beam from the centre of a phosphor dot.
    • There are several kinds of misregister including what appellant characterizes as “mechanical” misregister and “degrouping” misregister […] Both types of tubes exhibited serious misregister problems […]1964, United States. Patent Office, Decisions of the Commissioner of Patents and of the United States Courts in Patent and Trademark Cases, page 490

Forms of misregister

third-person singular presentmisregisters
present participlemisregistering
past participlemisregistered
pastmisregistered

Origin of misregister

From mis- + register.

Questions about misregister

What does misregister mean?
Misregister means to register incorrectly.
What part of speech is misregister?
Misregister can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce misregister?
Misregister is pronounced /mɪsˈɹɛd͡ʒɪstə(ɹ)/.
What is the past tense of misregister?
The past tense of misregister is misregistered.

Words near misregister in the dictionary

  1. misregard
  2. misregarded
  3. misregardful
  4. misregarding
  5. misregards
  6. misregister
  7. misregistered
  8. misregistering
  9. misregisters
  10. misregistration
  11. misregistrations

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