misrun
misrun noun: a casting that does not completely fill the mold, leaving unfilled spaces.
Noun
misrun (countable and uncountable, plural misruns)
- A casting that does not completely fill the mold, leaving unfilled spaces.
- The reasons for cold shut or misrun may be too thin sections, improper gating system, slow and intermittent pouring, poor fluidity of metal.2002, K Varaprasad Rao, Manufacturing Science And Technology, page 56
- When wall thickness is decreased to less than 1/16 in., adequate mold filling becomes almost impossible, except for extremely short distances, and misruns result because of the freezing of metal before the mold is filled.2009, Casting Design and Performance, page 123
- A failed test of oil or gas drilling equipment.
- The experience of most drillstem testing companies indicates that the chance of a misrun in a poorly prepared hole is approximately 30 percent, whereas the chance of a misrun in a well-prepared hole has been cut down to roughly 15 percent.1960, Petroleum Engineer for Management - Volume 32, page 41
- In this test, the pressure curve shows clearly that a seal was not affected; therefore, this is a misrun.1965, Carl Gatlin, Petroleum Engineering: Drilling and Well Completions, page 266
Verb
misrun (third-person singular simple present misruns, present participle misrunning, simple past misran, past participle misrun)
- To run incompetently; mismanage.
- The men who are misrunning the Peace show are the same political muddlers who misran the war show.1920, Cosmo Hamilton, The Blue Room, page 239
- Certainly the main aim of many liberals and reformers in the Soviet Union's provinces in the Gorbachev era was to outwit the central institutions of power: the Kremlin, the armed forces, the bureaucrats who ran (or misran) the planned economy, and most of all the cold grey men of the KGB.2012, Edward Lucas, The New Cold War
- To result in a misrun.
- One set of bars misran, while others showed a coarsely crystalline structure, which is more often due to too hot pouring than to any other .1913, Transactions of the American Institute of Metals - Volume 6
- Those having light work on their floors would have several pieces misrun, but the losses from this cause in many instances would not, in the aggregate, amount to 4 per cent of the total value of the work poured in any one heat, consequently they would not be paid for the work so lost.1928, International Molders' and Foundry Workers' Journal, page 28
- To run badly or off-course.
- In the frustrate strife Of the vanquisht life, On the course misrun To the goal unwon By the faith, self-cheated Of the deed defeated, To claim our home.1868, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Earl of Lytton, Chronicles and Characters - Volume 1, page 90
- The torpedo left correctly, but the track was not observed from the Princess Royal, and it possibly misran badly and was the torpedo seen to cross the Inflexible's bows at 2035.1998, N. J. M. Campbell, Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting, page 255
Examples of misrun in a sentence
- A misrun is caused when the metal is unable to fill the mould cavity completely and thus leaves unfilled cavities.2010, K. L. Narayana, Production Technology, page 71:
- If the molten metal is too cold or casting is too thin, entire mould may not be filled during pouring before the metal starts solidifying and result in misrun.2021, Kumar R Rajesh, Manufacturing Process, page 48:
- Follow Schlumberger procedures for recovering guns in the event of a misrun.2000, S. McAleese, Operational Aspects of Oil and Gas Well Testing, page 277:
- When the DST tool is set, if fluid does not stay at the surface on the outside of the hole or the drill pipe, then you have a misrun.2015, Terry W. Piesker, Oil and Gas Business:
Forms of misrun
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | misruns |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | misruns |
| present participle | misrunning |
| past | misran |
| past participle | misrun |
Origin of misrun
From mis- + run.
Questions about misrun
- What does misrun mean?
- Misrun means a casting that does not completely fill the mold, leaving unfilled spaces.
- How do you use misrun in a sentence?
- A misrun is caused when the metal is unable to fill the mould cavity completely and thus leaves unfilled cavities.
- What part of speech is misrun?
- Misrun can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of misrun?
- The plural of misrun is misruns.
Words near misrun in the dictionary
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